Jumellea arborescens
Object Details
- Description
- This is a giant orchid which has a vining habit.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- June to October
- Pollination Syndrome
- Likely moth
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant of known (indirect) wild origin
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2014-0612A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Erect inflorescence is short with a single white flower. Flowers are 2.4" (6cm) across.
- Range
- Comoros, EC Madagascar
- Habitat
- Mossy forests; 4595ft (1400m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- The Tree-like Jumellea
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Jumellea
- Species
- arborescens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2014-0612A
