Polystachya bennettiana
Object Details
- Description
- This large orchid is named for a British botanist and head of the British Museum in the 1800s.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- July to January; peaks from July to August
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 1978-1024A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Erect to recurved inflorescence is 3.2-12" (8.1-30.5 cm) long with many yellow flowers. Flowers are .75" (2.2 cm) across.
- Fragrance
- Vanilla
- Range
- Ivory Coast to Eritrea and Zambia
- Habitat
- Open and riverine forests; 2950-6560ft (900-2000m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Bennett's Polystachya
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Polystachya
- Species
- bennettiana
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_1978-1024A
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7403c6eac-3795-4e9a-894e-a013122ac98a
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