Scaphyglottis behrii
Object Details
- Description
- This small orchid is named for the German orchid enthusiast who first collected the species in the 1800s.
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2014-0679A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Short inflorescence holds the white flower against the leaf base. Flowers are .12" (3 mm) across.
- Range
- S Mexico to NW Venezuela
- Habitat
- Wet, montane forests; 0-4265ft (0-1300m)
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- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Behr's Scaphyglottis
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Scaphyglottis
- Species
- behrii
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2014-0679A
