Encyclia cordigera var. rosea
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Object Details
- Description
- This is a horticultural color form of the large lipped encyclia which has an entirely pink lip.
- Pollination Syndrome
- Bee (female Xylocopa sp.)
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2016-0150A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Inflorescence can have 3-15 brown flowers with a pink lip. Flowers are 3" (8 cm) across, and can stay in bloom for up to 3 months.
- Fragrance
- Chocolate
- Range
- Guatemala to Panama
- Habitat
- Dry forests, tropical rainforests, dense scrub; 0-4920ft (0-1500m)
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- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Large-Lipped Encyclia variety
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Encyclia
- Species
- cordigera
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2016-0150A
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax787453732-e4e5-4fc6-8d3c-3bbf06790dd1
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