CalPhotos    Photo Database

Schomburgkia undulata; Undulate Schomburgkia Orchid   

Contributors      Log In  
 

click photo for larger file
Schomburgkia undulata
Schomburgkia undulata
Undulate Schomburgkia Orchid
Photographer: Joseph Dougherty

ID: 0000 0000 1207 0480 (2007-12-11)

Copyright © 2007 Joseph Dougherty, M.D./ecology.org

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  2000
  • this photo depicts a plant that was cultivated or collected in the wild
  • photo location   private orchid collection
  • plant's place of origin   Costa Rica
  • notes   from http://www.orchidspecies.com/schombundulata.htm: 'Found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Peru, Trinidad and Venezuela at elevations of 600 to 1200 meters as a large sized, epiphyte or lithophyte on large branches and tree trunks or on large boulders on the Pacific slopes in dry deciduous forests, with fusiform, tapering at the base, deeply sulcate, shiney pseudobulbs carrying 2, rarely 3, elliptic-oblong, coriaceous, rigid leaves, that blooms on a erect, apical, 2 to 6' [60 to 180 cm] long, racemose, laxly many [20] flowered inflorescence covered with bracts with fragrant, or not, short-lived, waxy, showy flowers held in a cluster at the apex, arising on a mature psuedobulb that has tubular bracts, occuring in late fall till spring and is a hot to warm growing plant.'
  • camera   Nikon F4e, Fuji slide film
  • contributor's ID #  1000_01_15_06_12
  • photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Undulate Schomburgkia Orchid (photographer)
  • View all photos in CalPhotos of Schomburgkia undulata
  • Check Google Images for Schomburgkia undulata


  • The photographer's identification Schomburgkia undulata has not been reviewed. Click here to review or comment on the identification.

     
    Using this photo   The thumbnail photo (128x192 pixels) on this page may be freely used for personal or academic purposes without prior permission under the Fair Use provisions of US copyright law as long as the photo is clearly credited with © 2007 Joseph Dougherty, M.D./ecology.org. For other uses, or if you have questions, contact Joseph Dougherty ecophotog[AT]yahoo.com. (Replace the [AT] with the @ symbol before sending an email.)


     

    Copyright © 1995-2023 UC Regents. All rights reserved.

    CalPhotos is a project of BNHM     University of California, Berkeley