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- Encyclia tampensis
Encyclia tampensis
Object Details
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- June to August; September
- Pollination Syndrome
- Bees (Rubrica nasuta); wasps (Stelopolybia pallipes)
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2023-0602A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Inflorescence is 2.5 feet (76 cm) long with a few to several flowers. Flowers are 1.5" (6.4 cm) across.
- Fragrance
- Sweet
- Range
- Florida to Bahamas
- Habitat
- Wood mounts; 0-80ft (0-25m)
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- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Florida Butterfly Orchid
- Tampa Encyclia
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Encyclia
- Species
- tampensis
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2023-0602A
- Usage
- CC0
