Object Details
- Description
- This orchid has tiny flowers which grow on giant spikes, making an impressive display of pink. The small flowers grow upside down, and have blue pollinia, making The Giant Arpophyllum an interesting display from afar or up close.
- Medicinal / Pharmaceutical
- Leaves have been used to treat dysentary.
- Pollination Syndrome
- Likely bird
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2008-0686A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Inflorescence is 6-16" (15-40 cm) long with many spiralling, pink flowers. Flowers are .33" (.84 cm) across.
- Plant Size
- 20-30" x 4-5" (51-76 x 10-13 cm), excluding inflorescence
- Range
- Mexico to NW Venezuela, Jamaica
- Habitat
- foothill forests; 2600-4900ft (800-1500m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Candlestick Orchid
- Masorquilla
- Pico de Curvo
- The Giant Arpophyllum
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Arpophyllum
- Species
- giganteum
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2008-0686A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax751dc9472-fce8-4606-878a-e641764a6634
