Object Details
- Description
- This medium sized orchid takes its species name – picta – from the Latin for painted, referring to the unusual spotting on the outside of its flower.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- Year round; peaks from November to December
- Pollination Syndrome
- Bee (Trigona spinipes)
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2017-0323B
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Lithophytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Erect inflorescence is 6-12" (15-30 cm) long with a single yellow flower with white on the outside of the petals spotted in purple-red. Flower is 2" (5 cm) across, long-lasting, and do not open fully.
- Fragrance
- Sometimes
- Plant Size
- 10-18" x 8-12" (25-46 x 20-30 cm)
- Range
- SE and S Brazil to Argentina (N Misiones)
- Habitat
- Tropical forests; 1640-3300ft (500-1000m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Inside-Out Spotted Orchid
- The Painted Maxillaria
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Maxillaria
- Species
- picta
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2017-0323B
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax714813677-fb60-4e8d-9a65-64eb1170cf23
