Accession Data

Xylobium variegatum

Common Name: The Irregularly Spotted Xylobium

Family: Orchidaceae

Country of Origin: S. Trop. America

Description: A tapered ovoid-cylindric to pyriform, sulcate, dark green pseudobulb with 2 to 3 apical, narrowly oblanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, gradually narrowing below into the conduplicate, long petiolate base, ribbed, subcoriaceous leaves that blooms on a basal, 4" [10 cm] long, racemose, densly many flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb with 4 to 6 distichous, imbricating, loose scarious bracts and small narrowly triangular floral bracts and holding the flowers just above the pseudobulbs but below the leaves all occurring in the summer and fall.4

Accession Data

Accession #: 200500034

Accession Date: 2005-05-26 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3221

Quantity: 1

Source: John Mugglestone - USBG

Provenance: USBG Accession# 1999-0778, rcvd 09/16/1991
CITES MI18812 - plant from USFWS Plant Rescue Program

Culture: Grow in diffused bright light and keep in cool to intermediate temperatures. Keep humidity from 40 to 70%. Water regularly during growing season. The potting media should be a little moist in between waterings. To prevent rot, avoid water from touching leaves. Reduce watering during the winter. Pot plants in 75% fine bark and 25% perlite or in full sphagnum moss. 3

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae

SubFamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Cymbidieae

SubTribe: Lycastinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 28 July 2014.
  2. WCSP (2014). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 28 July 2014.
  3. Xylobium variegatum at Orchids Wiki. Accessed 20 May 2015.
  4. Xylobium variegatum at Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia. Accessed 20 August 2015.

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Xylobium variegatum
Xylobium variegatum