Object Details
- Description
- This medium sized orchid is very fragrant and pollinated by orchid bees.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- February to November; peaks in August and September
- Pollination Syndrome
- Bee (male Euglossine)
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2009-1639A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Each 10" (25 cm) long pendent inflorescence has 2-7 pale flowers spotted in purple. Each flower is 5" (12.5 cm) long and will last about 4 days.
- Fragrance
- Vanilla-like
- Range
- S Mexico to N Nicaragua
- Habitat
- Trees, stumps, rotten logs, or rocks in wet, broad-leaved forests; 3280-9850ft (1000-3000m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- The Eye-Spot Stanhopea
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Stanhopea
- Species
- oculata
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2009-1639A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax78083868b-e645-4678-8b9d-caad45873864
