Guarianthe bowringiana ('Dr. Kopecky' × 'Splendens')

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Common name: Bowring's Guarianthe clone

Family: Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae

Synonym: Cattleya bowringiana 'Dr. Kopecky' × C. bowringiana 'Splendens'

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas) to Honduras

Habitat: Granite outcroppings, limestone near streams; 100-1000m

Life form: Lithophytic

Bloom characteristics: Inflorescence is up to 10" long with 5-20 short-lived, purple flowers (as many as 47 have been recorded). Flowers are 3" across.

Bloom Time (northern hemisphere): September to December; peaks from October to November

Comments: Guarianthe bowringiana

1: Greenhouse 10: Intermediate Higher Light Orchid House (GH10) • Accession: 2007-0965*A • Provenance: From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
2: Greenhouse 10: Intermediate Higher Light Orchid House (GH10) • Accession: 2007-0965*B • Provenance: From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
3: Greenhouse 10: Intermediate Higher Light Orchid House (GH10) • Accession: 2007-0965*C • Provenance: From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
4: Greenhouse 10: Intermediate Higher Light Orchid House (GH10) • Accession: 2007-1043*A • Provenance: From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
5: Greenhouse 10: Intermediate Higher Light Orchid House (GH10) • Accession: 2009-0324*A • Provenance: From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
6: Greenhouse 10: Intermediate Higher Light Orchid House (GH10) • Accession: 2009-0324*B • Provenance: From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
7: Greenhouse 10: Intermediate Higher Light Orchid House (GH10) • Accession: 2009-0324*C • Provenance: From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
8: Greenhouse 10: Intermediate Higher Light Orchid House (GH10) • Accession: 2009-0324*D • Provenance: From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

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Guarianthe bowringiana ('Dr. Kopecky' × 'Splendens')

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