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Myrmecophila thomsoniana is an species in the genus Myrmecophila
Description [edit | edit source]
This orchid is a small sized, hot growing epiphyte in scrubby bushes close to the sea and exposed to full sun 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.
The Cayman Islands natives have used the dried pseudobulbs of this species to fashion pipes to smoke tobacco or ganja.
Distribution Edit[edit | edit source]
Found in the Cayman Islands
Naming Edit[edit | edit source]
Common Names: Thompson's Dwarf Schomburgkia
Banana Orchid
Synonyms Edit[edit | edit source]
1.Bletia thomsoniana Rchb. f. 1887 2.Laelia thomsoniana [Rchb.f]L.O.Wms.1941 3. Myrmecophila brysiana var. thompsoniana (Lem.) G.C. Kenn. 1979 4.Schomburgkia brysiana var minor [Hkr.] Jones 1966 5. Schomburgkia brysiana var thompsoniana [Rchb.f] Jones 1963 6.Schomburgkia thompsoniana Rchb.f 1877 7.Schomburgkia thompsoniana var minor Strachan ex Fawc. 1894 8.Schomburgkia thompsoniana var minor [Rchb.f] Hkr. 1902
