Polystachya paniculata
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Object Details
- Description
- This small to medium sized orchid is named for its may branched inflorescence.
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2015-1735A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Inflorescence is 8" (21 cm) long with many branches holding many orange flowers. Flowers are .18" (4 mm) across.
- Range
- W Trop Africa to SW Ethiopia
- Habitat
- Rainforests on large branches; 655-6230ft (200-1900m)
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- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- The Paniculate Polystachya
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Polystachya
- Species
- paniculata
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2015-1735A
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax71d5eb137-c93f-4876-8daf-2083b7ed1358
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