Anguloa eburnea
Object Details
- Description
- This is a large deciduous, cool-growing “tulip orchid” with a fragrant white flower from the steep slopes of Colombian and Peru.
- Pollination Syndrome
- Bee (Euglossine)
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Range
- Colombia to Peru
- Habitat
- Open, steep slopes; 1500-2500m
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
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- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2018-0856A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- The Ivory White Anguloa
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Anguloa
- Species
- eburnea
- Life Form
- Terrestrial
- Bloom Characteristics
- Erect inflorescence is 7-9" long with a single flower. Flower is 2" across. This orchid is often confused with A. uniflora. The main difference is that the flower of A. eburnea has an elongated, diamond shaped midlobe of its lip, and A. uniflora has an almost rectangular and smaller midlobe.
- Foliage Characteristics
- Deciduous. Small spines noticable after leaf fall.
- Fragrance
- Vanilla
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2018-0856A