Common name: The Blunt-Broad Horn Stanhopea
Family: Orchidaceae
Synonym(s):
Country of Origin: Colombia
Description:
Uses:
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USDA Zone:
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.
Restrictions:
Culture:
This species enjoys air circulation and wet humid conditions as well as deep shade.<sup>3</sup>
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Asparagales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Orchidaceae
- SubFamily: Epidendroideae
- Tribe: Cymbidieae
- SubTribe: Stanhopeinae
References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 06, 2016.
- WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 06, 2016.
- Stanhopea platyceras at Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 06, 2016.
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