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Caularthron bicornutum

Caularthron bicornutum

Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
SubTribe: Laeliinae
Genus: Caularthron
Species: Clrthr. bicornutum
Alliance:
Binomial name
Caularthron bicornutum
[Hooker]Raf. 1836


Caularthron bicornutum is a species in the genus Caularthron.

Description[]

Plants bloom from late winter to spring with 5 cm wide fragrant flowers.

Distribution[]

Plants are found near the sea and rivers on rocky cliffs Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago

Culture[]

Plants should be grown in medium fir bark with partial to full sun. Caularthron bicornutum is a intermediate to warm growing orchid species. Water approximately once a week.

Naming[]

Common Name: Virgin or Virgin Mary Diacrium


Synonyms[]

  1. Caularthron kraenzlinianum Jones 1980
  2. Diacrium amazonicum Schlechter 1925
  3. Diacrium bicornutum [Hkr.]Benth. 1881
  4. Epidendrum bicornutum Hooker 1834
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