Object Details
- Description
- This small sized orchid enjoys conditions so wet that it often ends up underwater when it rains. It is pollinated by female hoverflies which are tricked into thinking this orchid’s flowers are an excellent place to lay their eggs. P. pearcei flowers imitate the appearance of an aphid infestation – a perfect place for a hoverfly’s aphid-eating babies.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- Year round; peaks from May to June
- Pollination Syndrome
- Hoverfly (female Ocyptanthes antiphales), brood site deception
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2015-0558A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Terrestrial
- Bloom Characteristics
- Erect inflorescence is 5.5" (14 cm) long with green, successively opening flowers. Flowers are 2" (5 cm) across.
- Range
- Ecuador to NE Peru
- Habitat
- Eastern slopes of Andes at water's edge; 985-3940ft (300-1200m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Pearce's Phragmipedium
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Cypripedioideae
- Genus
- Phragmipedium
- Species
- pearcei
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2015-0558A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7256fa3a4-7696-4a5d-9a20-21535133fe72
