Accession Data

Isabelia pulchella

Common Name: The Beautiful Isabelia

Family: Orchidaceae

Country of Origin: SE. & S. Brazil

Description: An elongate, creeping, branched rhizome with narrowly ovoid pseudobulbs enveloped basally by fibrous sheaths and carrying a single, apical, coriaceous, narrowly linear, subterete leaf that blooms in the late fall on a terminal, 2" [5 cm] long, thread-like, erect to arching, single flowered inflorescence that is held amid the leaves.3

Accession Data

Accession #: 199200577

Accession Date: 1992-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3213

Quantity: 2

Source: Logees

Culture: Plants are grown in cool to intermediate conditions with shade to moderate light. They are usually grown mounted on cork or bark with sphagnum moss. Plants should be watered regularly. Keep the mix moist but not wet. The plant can also take dryouts between waterings. Keep the plant in an area with good air circulation.4

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae

SubFamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Epidendreae

SubTribe: Laeliinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 8 June 2015.
  2. WCSP (2014). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 8 June 2015.
  3. Neolauchea pulchella at Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia. Accessed 8 June 2015.
  4. Isabelia pulchella at Orchids Wiki. Accessed 8 June 2015.

Images

Isabelia pulchella