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Accession Data

Phragmipedium longifolium

Common Name: The Long-Leaf Phragmipedium

Family: Orchidaceae

Country of Origin: Costa Rica to Ecuador, Brazil (Goiás)

Accession Data

Accession #: 201500076

Accession Date: 2015-05-29

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3226

Quantity: 1

Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College

Culture: Plants grow in warm areas with bright indirect sunlight. Plants should be watered with clean water and keep potting media wet. Plants can tolerate lots of water as long as media remains fresh. Plants are sensitive to salts. Keep fertilizers to a minimum as plants are light feeders. Plant in a mix with good air circulation. Plants can be grown in a mix of sphagnum moss, charcoal and perlite or medium fir bark with perlite. 3

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae

SubFamily: Cypripedioideae

Tribe: Phragmipedieae

SubTribe: Phragmipediinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 31 May 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 31 May 2015
  3. Phragmipedium longifolium at Orchids Wiki. Accessed 31 May 2015.
  4. Podcast: Ep. 159 - An Orchid That Mimics Aphids? at In Defense of Plants. Last accessed 8 May 2018.

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Phragmipedium longifolium
Phragmipedium longifolium