Object Details
- Description
- This small sized orchid takes one of its common names from a famous Czech orchid collector of the 1800s, and its other common name from its large flowers, which can have pansy-like “faces.”
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- Year round; peaks from March to May
- Pollination Syndrome
- Bee
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2018-0901A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Erect to arching inflorescence is up to 12" (30 cm) long with 2-7 white flowers with purple and yellow in the center. Flowers are 3-4" (7.6-10 cm) across.
- Fragrance
- Rose
- Plant Size
- 12-20" x 8-10" (30-51 x 20-25 cm), excluding inflorescence
- Range
- Panama to Venezuela and Ecuador
- Habitat
- Wet tropical forests; 655-3300ft (200-1000m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Pansy Orchid
- Roezl's Miltoniopsis
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Miltoniopsis
- Species
- roezlii
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2018-0901A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax74ad16d33-1ed0-4084-ae89-23d9563956af
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