Laelia anceps 'Portrait'

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

Object Details

Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)

January to February

Provenance

From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

Accession Number

2015-0879A

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Life Form

Epiphytic

Bloom Characteristics

This is a white color form with a pink spot on the lip and yellow and red in the throat.

Range

Mexico to Honduras

Habitat

Humid oak forests; 1200-1800m

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Common Name

Two-Edged Laelia clone

Group

[vascular plants]

Class

Equisetopsida

Subclass

Magnoliidae

Superorder

Lilianae

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Subfamily

Epidendroideae

Genus

Laelia

Species

anceps

Data Source

Smithsonian Gardens

Topic

Orchids

Living Collections

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7d53ec593-5dee-46e7-a815-135bc1f15195

Record ID

ofeo-sg_2015-0879A