Sobralia wilsoniana
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- Description
- This medium sized orchid is one of the most widely available sobralias, and one of the easiest to cultivate. While the flowers are short-lived, they bloom in succession, meaning the plant as a whole stays in bloom for a while.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- July to November
- Pollination Syndrome
- Bee
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2008-0234B
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Terrestrial
- Bloom Characteristics
- Short inflorescence has a single pink flower with a purple lip and yellow throat. Flower is 4" (10 cm) across.
- Fragrance
- Fragrant
- Range
- Nicaragua to NW Colombia
- Habitat
- Very wet forests; 985-7220ft (300-2200m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Wilson's Sobralia
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Sobralia
- Species
- wilsoniana
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2008-0234B
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax75f8c9fa9-78c6-41c8-8501-4f8056398519
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