Myrmecophila thomsoniana Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 25: 51 (1917).
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| Myrmecophila thomsoniana Rolfe, Photo by 簡天成 |
its native range is Cayman Islands.
Latin Name:
Myrmecophila thomsoniana Rolfe
Family:
Orchidaceae Juss.
Synonym:
Laelia thomsoniana (Rchb.f.) L.O.Williams
Schomburgkia brysiana var. thomsoniana (Rchb.f.) H.G.Jones
Schomburgkia thomsoniana Rchb.f.
Accepted Infraspecifics:
Myrmecophila thomsoniana var. minor (W.H.W.Strachan ex Fawc.) Dressler
Myrmecophila thomsoniana var. thomsoniana
English Name:
Thomson's Dwarf Schomburgkia (English Plant Breeder 1800's).
Description:
With curved, hollow pseudobulbs carrying a few apical, elliptic-ovate leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on an erect, to 120 cm long, sometimes branched inflorescence from which arise several to many (12 to 20) successively opening, fragrant flowers occuring over a long period.
Distribution:
Cayman Is..
Ecological:
As a small sized, hot growing epiphyte in scrubby bushes close to the sea and exposed to full sun.
Flowering times:
Blooms in the spring and summer.
Flower size:
7.0 cm.
Cultivation:
Temperature: Warm
Light: Very bright. Often in full sun in nature.
Water-Humidity:mA good balanced fertilizer applied twice monthly with less during the winter months.
Fertilizer: A good balanced fertilizer applied twice monthly with less during the winter months.
Potting: They respond to basket culture very well in an open mix.
Typus:
Jan 1, 1996 Fawcett, W. [s.n.], Cayman Is. Schomburgkia thomsoniana K000584010 isoneotype
Reference:
theplantlist.org
https://www.ipni.org/n/166410-2
http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:166410-2
http://www.orchidspecies.com/schombthompsonianus.htm.
https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Myrmecophila_thomsoniana
https://www.aos.org/orchids/orchids-a-to-z/letter-m/myrmecophila.aspx
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