Object Details
- Description
- This large sized orchid is one of the largest of its genus. It is named for the cultivator of the species, Martha Posada de Robledo of Colombia.
- Pollination Syndrome
- Fungus gnats (Mycetophila sp., Bradysia sp.), brood-site deception and food deception
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2015-1573A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Erect inflorescence has a single red and yellow flower. Flower is 2" (5 cm) across.
- Range
- Colombia (Valle del Cauca)
- Habitat
- 5900-8200ft (1800-2500m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Martha's Pleurothallis
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Pleurothallis
- Species
- marthae
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2015-1573A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7213714e3-ecd9-4fbf-bb88-eaa46eb362c8
