Life Form:

Lithophytic

Bloom Characteristics:

Inflorescence is up to 36" long with several pink flowers on branches. Flowers are 2" across.

Range:

Tanzania (Uluguru Mts)

Habitat:

Rocks; 1100-1600m

Description:

This medium to large sized orchid is heavily endangered due to almost all of its native forest habitat being cleared for agricultural land.

Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere):

February

Provenance:

From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

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Common Name:

The Long Inflorescence Polystachya

Group:

[vascular plants]

Class:

Equisetopsida

Subclass:

Magnoliidae

Superorder:

Lilianae

Order:

Asparagales

Family:

Orchidaceae

Subfamily:

Epidendroideae

Genus:

Polystachya

Species:

longiscapa

Accession Number:

2017-0011B

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection

Data Source:

Smithsonian Gardens

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7fb0fcf8e-b02e-414d-bf8e-1e62ae7d5f78

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:ofeo-sg_2017-0011B