Isochilus linearis
Object Details
- Description
- This medium sized orchid has color variable flowers, and is the type species for its genus.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- Year round; peaks from August to November
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Range
- Mexico to Tropical America
- Habitat
- dense, mixed forests or mountain rainforests; 985-12795ft (300-3900m)
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
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- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2014-0371B
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- The Slim Isochilus
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Isochilus
- Species
- linearis
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Erect to arching inflorescence is 2.25" (6 cm) long with several to many flowers that range in color from almost white to deep red or purple. Flowers are .5" (1.3 cm) across.
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2014-0371B