Renanthera monachica
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Object Details
- Description
- This medium sized orchid is smaller than the typical overly large renanthera with long-lasting flowers.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- February to September; peaks from February to May
- Pollination Syndrome
- Bird (likely)
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2018-0913A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Inflorescence can be up to 18" (45 cm) long with as many as 50 long-lasting, yellow flowers densely speckled in red. Flower is 1-1.5" (2.5-4 cm) across.
- Range
- Philippines (Luzon)
- Habitat
- 0-1640ft (0-500m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Spanish Dancing Girl Renenthera
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Renanthera
- Species
- monachica
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2018-0913A
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7ddea342e-a08e-45a3-b2f6-2c7759235ca4
