Tolumnia hawkesiana
Object Details
- Description
- This miniature orchid grows in colonies on shrubs. It is named for an American botanist of the early to mid-1900s.
- Pollination Syndrome
- Bee (female Centris versicolor)
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant of known (indirect) wild origin
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2014-1147A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Erect inflorescence is 3.1" long with 2-4 flowers. Flowers are .4" across.
- Range
- N Cuba
- Habitat
- Coastal shrubs
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Hawkes Tolumnia
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Tolumnia
- Species
- hawkesiana
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2014-1147A
