Object Details
- Description
- This miniature sized, mat-forming orchid has tiny, bell-shaped orange flowers tipped in yellow.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- October to January; peaks in December
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2011-2488A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Short inflorescence has a single, long-lived, orange and yellow, bell-shaped flower. Flowers are .25" (.6 cm) across and last 1-2 months.
- Foliage Characteristics
- Succulent
- Plant Size
- 1-1.5" x 1" (2.5-3.8 x 2.5 cm)
- Range
- New Guinea
- Habitat
- Transitional montane forests in moist, shady locations; 2950-8200ft (900-2500m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Candy Corn Orchid
- The Charming Mediocalcar
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Mediocalcar
- Species
- decoratum
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2011-2488A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7e6985a2b-95c4-4ed8-8a49-6f0736978711
