Stanhopea tigrina
Appearance
Stanhopea tigrina | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Stanhopea |
Species: | S. tigrina
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Binomial name | |
Stanhopea tigrina | |
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Stanhopea tigrina is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae endemic to Mexico.
![Bottom-flowering orchid s.tigrina](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/1222_Sydney_S.Tigrina.jpg/220px-1222_Sydney_S.Tigrina.jpg)
A characteristic of this orchid is the way the flower comes from the bottom . Grown in a normal pot means the flower is stalled with the roots. Even botanical gardens have fallen for this trap.
References
- Bateman ex Lindl., Sert. Orchid.: t. 1 (1838).
- Hernández, F. (Casimiro Gómez Ortega). 1790. Francisci Hernandi, medici atque historici Philippi II, Hispan et Indiar. Regis, et totius novi orbis archiatri, opera : cum edita, tum inedita, ad autographi fidem et integritatem expressa, impensa et jussu regio Vol. I, Libro IV, p. 406.
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