Object Details
- Description
- This is a small to medium orchid with a bright yellow flower that grows on rocks.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- January to October; peaks in February to April
- Medicinal / Pharmaceutical
- This orchid was used in Brazil as a demulcent (substance that sooths minor pain and inflammation of mucous membranes).
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2017-0317A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Lithophytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Erect inflorescence is up to 10" long with 3-6 flowers. Flowers are 1.6-2" across.
- Range
- Brazil (Minas Gerais)
- Habitat
- Exposed, almost horizontal ledges, protected by stunted vegetation; 400-800m
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- The Yellow Cattleya
- The Yellow Laelia
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Cattleya
- Species
- crispata
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2017-0317A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7eccf29ad-ce7f-44fe-9072-c7252aa8297b
