Object Details
- Description
- This medium sized orchid is named for a Mr. Stuart Low, who funded many orchid expeditions in the 1800s.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- January to May; peaks in March
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2020-0102A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Arching inflorescence is up to 3' (90 cm) long with up to 100 white flowers that have small brown spots in their centers. Flowers are 2-3.5" (5-9 cm) across.
- Foliage Characteristics
- Mottled
- Fragrance
- Faint
- Range
- Philippines
- Habitat
- Warm humid forests; 0-985ft (0-300m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Stuart's Phalaenopsis
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Phalaenopsis
- Subgenus
- subgen. Phalaenopsis sect. Phalaenopsis
- Species
- stuartiana
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2020-0102A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax72416a7e3-8641-4675-b34a-daf5c9085ba3
