Epidendrum ruizianum
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Object Details
- Description
- This large, robust orchid is named for Dr. Hipólito Ruiz López, a famous Spanish botanist of the 1700s.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- August
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2009-3690A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Terrestrial
- Bloom Characteristics
- Pendulous inflorescence is 5-6" long with many successively blooming, yellow-green flowers with a white lip. Flowers are .75" (2 cm) across.
- Fragrance
- Fragrant
- Range
- W South America to NW Venezuela
- Habitat
- Steep, rocky slopes, full light; 3940-10170ft (1200-3100m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Ruiz's Epidendrum
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Epidendrum
- Species
- ruizianum
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2009-3690A
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7852cb013-c642-48ec-9f2f-bd29821e5f1e
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