Accession Data

Stanhopea platyceras

Common Name: The Blunt-Broad Horn Stanhopea

Family: Orchidaceae

Country of Origin: Colombia

Accession Data

Accession #: 201600110

Accession Date: 2016-07-06 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3216

Quantity: 1

Source: Roessiger Estate

Provenance:

  • June 2016 - Donated by the estate of Denis Roessiger
  • Rcvd as Stanhopea aceras. Going with Stanhopea platyceras for now assuming a mislabeling.

Culture: This species enjoys air circulation and wet humid conditions as well as deep shade.3

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae

SubFamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Cymbidieae

SubTribe: Stanhopeinae

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

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 06, 2016.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 06, 2016.
  3. Stanhopea platyceras at Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 06, 2016.

Images

Stanhopea platyceras