Object Details
- Description
- This small orchid is named for the Herrenhäuser Garden of Hanover, Germany, where the type specimen used to first describe the plant botanically came from.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- Spring and summer
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Range
- Ecuador (Morona-Santiago)
- Habitat
- Wet cloud forests
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
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- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2008-1264A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- The Herrenhauser Embreea
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Embreea
- Species
- herrenhusana
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Pendant inflorescence is 10" (25 cm) long with a single pale flower spotted in red. Flower is 4.75-5.5" (12-14 cm) across.
- Fragrance
- Fragrant
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2008-1264A
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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