Monday, September 23, 2013

Epidendrum fimbriatum Kunth 1816, a tiny gem from high altitude wet forests



I saw this plant in the orchid house of the Botanical Garden of Quito, Ecuador.    This plant except that it is found in Peru.¹  It is also found in Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia.   The flowers were at the tip of a long inflorescence that seemed to have been blooming for a long time.  It was being cultivated on a raised bed of gravel.


¹Zelenko, H., Bermudez, P. 2009.  Orchid species of Peru

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Eu não conhecia, é lindo.
abraços