Laelia gloriosa
Object Details
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- February to August
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2008-3313A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Inflorescence can be up to 4 feet (120cm) long with 8-15 waxy, short-lived, brownish flowers with a white lip. Flowers are 2" (5 cm) across.
- Range
- N South America to Brazil
- Habitat
- foothills; 656-2789ft (200-850m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- The Glorious Laelia
- The Glorious Schomburgkia
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Laelia
- Species
- gloriosa
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2008-3313A
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax76ba7177a-d6ca-4fd9-ae55-66cd93689189
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