Cyrtopodium withneri

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Photographed by: Hannele Lahti
Photographed by: Hannele Lahti
Photographed by: Creekside Digital

Object Details

Description

This large orchid is named for Dr. Carl Withner, an American orchid expert and teacher of the 1900s.

Provenance

From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

Accession Number

2008-3953B

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Life Form

Terrestrial

Bloom Characteristics

Erect inflorescence is up to 3' 4" long with yellow flowers. Flowers are 1.28" across.

Foliage Characteristics

Deciduous

Range

WC Brazil (to Minas Gerais)

Habitat

On large rocks; 500-800m

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Common Name

Withner's Cyrtopodium

Group

[vascular plants]

Class

Equisetopsida

Subclass

Magnoliidae

Superorder

Lilianae

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Subfamily

Epidendroideae

Genus

Cyrtopodium

Species

withneri

Data Source

Smithsonian Gardens

Topic

Orchids

Living Collections

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax76863bc17-1133-4352-b9e7-60449891f8f4

Record ID

ofeo-sg_2008-3953B