Accession Data
Habenaria medusa
Common Name: Egret Orchid
Family: Orchidaceae
Country of Origin: Malesia
Accession Data
Accession #: 201800122
Accession Date: 2018-10-29 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 3221
Quantity: 2
Source: John Korte ex My Sunshine Orchids (FL,USA)
Culture: Warm to Hot grower, 75% shade. RO water only.
Habenarias are known for being difficult to cultivate, intolerant of poor or chemically treated water, and needing a strict, dry winter dormant period. They rot easily if watered during their dry season.3
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
SubFamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
SubTribe: Orchidinae
Flowering Data:
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References
- Habenaria medusa at The PlantList. Last accessed Monday, 29 October, 2018.
- Habenaria medusa at World Checklist of Select Plant Families. Last accessed Monday, 29 October, 2018.
- Orchid Oddity: Habenaria medusa at Smithsonian Gardens. Last accessed Monday, 29 October 2018.
- Habenaria medusa at Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia. Last accessed Monday, 29 October, 2018.
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