Guarianthe bowringiana ('Dr. Kopecky' × 'Splendens')

Smithsonian Gardens

Object Details

Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
September to December; peaks from October to November
Provenance
From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
Accession Number
2007-1043A
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Life Form
Lithophytic
Bloom Characteristics
Inflorescence is up to 10" long with 5-20 short-lived, purple flowers (as many as 47 have been recorded). Flowers are 3" across.
Range
Mexico (Chiapas) to Honduras
Habitat
Granite outcroppings, limestone near streams; 100-1000m
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Common Name
Bowring's Guarianthe clone
Group
[vascular plants]
Class
Equisetopsida
Subclass
Magnoliidae
Superorder
Lilianae
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Subfamily
Epidendroideae
Genus
Guarianthe
Species
bowringiana
Smithsonian Gardens
Topic
Orchids
Living Collections
Record ID
ofeo-sg_2007-1043A
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7caab2cd4-d7bc-4e07-8460-c6e537af39c4
Photographed by: Hannele Lahti
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