Kefersteinia graminea
| Kefersteinia graminea | |
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| Kefersteinia graminea 1858 illustration[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Kefersteinia |
| Species: | K. graminea
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| Binomial name | |
| Kefersteinia graminea Reichenbach f.
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Zygopetalum gramineum Lindley | |
Kefersteinia graminea is an orchid found in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. Euglossine bees pollinate the species.[3]
Description
[edit]Kefersteinia graminea grows just over 20 cm (7.9 in) tall. The plant's linear to lanceolate leaves are 18–36 cm (7.1–14.2 in) long. The one to three flowered inflorescence is up to 7.5 cm (3.0 in) long. The flowers are 5 cm (2.0 in) wide, with pale yellow-green sepals and petals and a white lip, all spotted with maroon.[2] It flowers in the summer and fall.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. Description by William Jackson Hooker (1785—1865) - "Curtis's Botanical Magazine" vol. 84 (Ser. 3 no. 14) pl. 5046
- ^ a b I. F. La Croix (2008). The New Encyclopedia of Orchids: 1500 Species in Cultivation (illustrated ed.). Timber Press. p. 235. ISBN 9780881928761.
- ^ Mark W. Chase; Maarten J. M. Christenhusz; Tom Mirenda (2018). The Book of Orchids: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from around the World. University of Chicago Press. p. 383. ISBN 9780226224664.
- ^ Rebecca Tyson Northen (1996). Miniature Orchids and How to Grow Them (illustrated, reprint ed.). Courier Corporation. p. 90. ISBN 9780486289205.