Object Details
- Description
- This large orchid grows on sunny embankments and has night-fragrant flowers.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- February to September; peaks in May
- Pollination Syndrome
- Moth
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2018-0890A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Lithophytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Erect inflorescence is 7" (17.5 cm) long with a single waxy, green flower that last 2-4 weeks. Flowers are 4.5" (11.5 cm) across.
- Fragrance
- Apple (at night)
- Range
- Peru
- Habitat
- Limestone near railway embankments; 6560-9850ft (2000-3000m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Locust Green Ida
- Locust Green Sudamerlycaste
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Ida
- Species
- locusta
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2018-0890A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7821086a1-f34c-4db0-b312-eff6acb66253
