Life Form:

Epiphytic

Bloom Characteristics:

Inflorescence is up to 84" (2.1 m) long with as many as 80 pink flowers with wavy petals. Flowers are 1.65" (4.2 cm) across.

Range:

Mexico (Chiapas) to Guatemala

Habitat:

Lower montane forests, scrub

Description:

This large to giant sized orchid blooms with many pink to purple, wavy petaled flowers.

Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere):

May

Provenance:

From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

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Common Name:

The Long-Stalked Myrmecophila

Group:

[vascular plants]

Class:

Equisetopsida

Subclass:

Magnoliidae

Superorder:

Lilianae

Order:

Asparagales

Family:

Orchidaceae

Subfamily:

Epidendroideae

Genus:

Myrmecophila

Species:

exaltata

Accession Number:

2012-1064A

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection

Data Source:

Smithsonian Gardens

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax77a10e519-6a02-4486-a79e-39d1c44f24a9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:ofeo-sg_2012-1064A