Guarianthe aurantiaca 'Orange Spots'

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

Object Details

Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)

January to May; peaks from February to April

Provenance

From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

Accession Number

2012-1087A

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Life Form

Epiphytic

Bloom Characteristics

This color form has red spots.

Range

Mexico to C America

Habitat

Dry, hilly pastures and roadside forests; 300-1100m

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Common Name

Orange Guarianthe clone

Group

[vascular plants]

Class

Equisetopsida

Subclass

Magnoliidae

Superorder

Lilianae

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Subfamily

Epidendroideae

Genus

Guarianthe

Species

aurantiaca

Data Source

Smithsonian Gardens

Topic

Orchids

Living Collections

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7e85427ee-afe6-41ea-8c4a-40a8e14519d4

Record ID

ofeo-sg_2012-1087A