Rhyncholaelia glauca
Object Details
- Description
- This medium sized orchid takes its scientific name from the color of its leaves. It is strongly fragrant, and the type species for the genus.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- January to April
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2009-0375A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Erect inflorescence is 4" (10 cm) long with a single, long-lasting, white flower. Flower is 5" (12 cm) across.
- Fragrance
- Rose, lily of the valley (strong)
- Range
- S Mexico to Honduras
- Habitat
- Open mountain forests; 2300-5250ft (700-1600m)
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- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Glaucous Beaked Laelia
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Rhyncholaelia
- Species
- glauca
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2009-0375A
