Accession Data

Myrmecophila tibicinis

Common Name: Fluteplayer's Schomburgkia

Family: Orchidaceae

Country of Origin: Mexico to N. Venezuela

Description: Hollow pseudobulbs are frequently inhabited by ants in a symbiotic relationship.

Synonyms: Epidendrum tibicinis (Bateman) Bateman ex Lindley, Schomburgkia grandiflora Hortorum, Laelia tibicinis (Bateman) Williams, Cattleya tibicinis (Bateman) Beer, Myrmecophila tibicinis (Bateman) Rolfe, Bletia tibicinis (Bateman) Reichenbach f.

Accession Data

Accession #: 199100477

Accession Date: 1991-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3219

Quantity: 1

Source: Unknown

Culture: Must be kept dry once the new growth is fully developed. Requires 60% light, semidry. Grows best mounted. W - I

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae

SubFamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Epidendreae

SubTribe: Laeliinae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 24 May 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 24 May 2015
  3. Myrmecophila tibicinis at Orchids Wiki. Accessed 24 May 2015.
  4. Image #00 (cropped) and #01 (original) by Jami Dwyer (http://flickr.com/photos/jamidwyer/2263458243/) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 19, 2017.

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