Guarianthe bowringiana ('Dr. Kopecky' × 'Splendens')

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

Object Details

Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)

September to December; peaks from October to November

Provenance

From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

Accession Number

2007-1043A

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Life Form

Lithophytic

Bloom Characteristics

Inflorescence is up to 10" long with 5-20 short-lived, purple flowers (as many as 47 have been recorded). Flowers are 3" across.

Range

Mexico (Chiapas) to Honduras

Habitat

Granite outcroppings, limestone near streams; 100-1000m

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Common Name

Bowring's Guarianthe clone

Group

[vascular plants]

Class

Equisetopsida

Subclass

Magnoliidae

Superorder

Lilianae

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Subfamily

Epidendroideae

Genus

Guarianthe

Species

bowringiana

Data Source

Smithsonian Gardens

Topic

Orchids

Living Collections

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7caab2cd4-d7bc-4e07-8460-c6e537af39c4

Record ID

ofeo-sg_2007-1043A