Pinalia amica
Object Details
- Description
- This small sized orchid prefers growing in cloud forests.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- Year round; peaks from April to May
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2015-1551A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Erect inflorescence is 3-4" (7.5-10 cm) long with 6-10 white to yellow flowers striped in red. Flowers are .6" (1.5 cm) across.
- Fragrance
- Fragrant
- Range
- Himalaya to China (S Yunnan), Taiwan
- Habitat
- Cloud forests; 1970-7220ft (600-2200m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- The Lovely Eria
- The Lovely Pinalia
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Pinalia
- Species
- amica
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2015-1551A
