Guarianthe bowringiana ('Dr. Kopecky' × 'Splendens')
Object Details
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- September to December; peaks from October to November
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2009-0324D
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Lithophytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Inflorescence is up to 10" long with 5-20 short-lived, purple flowers (as many as 47 have been recorded). Flowers are 3" across.
- Range
- Mexico (Chiapas) to Honduras
- Habitat
- Granite outcroppings, limestone near streams; 100-1000m
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- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Bowring's Guarianthe clone
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Guarianthe
- Species
- bowringiana
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2009-0324D
