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Orchid Species: Scaphosepalum xipheres
Kew currently accepted name is Porroglossum muscosum
Scaphosepalum xipheres is an orchid species identified by (Rchb.f.) Schltr. in 1920. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Porroglossum muscosum.
Genus
Scaphosepalum (Sppm.)
Grex
xipheres
Parents
Species
Author
(Rchb.f.) Schltr.
Year
1920
ORIGIN: A miniature sized, epiphytic or terrestrial, cool to cold growing orchid that comes from the wet montane forests of Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador at altitudes of 1600 to 3000 meters.
DESCRIPTION: A miniature sized, epiphytic or terrestrial, cool to cold growing orchid that comes from the wet montane forests of Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador at altitudes of 1600 to 3000 meters with an erect, slender ramicaul enveloped by 2 to 3 tubular sheaths and a single, apical, erect, thickly coriaceous, verrucose, purple suffused, narrowly elliptic to narrowly obovate leaf and blooms in the fall on an erect, densly pubescent, to 6 to 7 [15 to 17.5 cm] long, successively few flowered inflorescence with a single central bract and has tubular, imbricating floral bracts, with a single flower at a time held well above the leaves. This species has an interesting muscular lip that can be activated to close shut in a second after which it takes a half hour to relax. Studies have been done to see if this mechanism is a means of trapping insects to achieve pollen transfer.
FLOWER SIZE: About 3/4 inch [2 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
DESCRIPTION: A miniature sized, epiphytic or terrestrial, cool to cold growing orchid that comes from the wet montane forests of Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador at altitudes of 1600 to 3000 meters with an erect, slender ramicaul enveloped by 2 to 3 tubular sheaths and a single, apical, erect, thickly coriaceous, verrucose, purple suffused, narrowly elliptic to narrowly obovate leaf and blooms in the fall on an erect, densly pubescent, to 6 to 7 [15 to 17.5 cm] long, successively few flowered inflorescence with a single central bract and has tubular, imbricating floral bracts, with a single flower at a time held well above the leaves. This species has an interesting muscular lip that can be activated to close shut in a second after which it takes a half hour to relax. Studies have been done to see if this mechanism is a means of trapping insects to achieve pollen transfer.
FLOWER SIZE: About 3/4 inch [2 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
| Genus Name | Genus | Grex Name | Year | Author | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add+ | Porroglossum | Prgm | muscosum | 1920 | (Rchb.f.) Schltr. |
| Add+ | Masdevallia | Masd | muscosa | 1875 | Rchb.f. |
| Add+ | Masdevallia | Masd | xipheres | 1876 | Rchb.f. |
| Add+ | Porroglossum | Prgm | xipheres | 1967 | (Rchb.f.) Garay |
Most awarded/recent cultivars:
Prgm. muscosum 'Anke'
(2 awards in
2018)
Prgm. muscosum 'Colombo'
(2 awards from
2014
to
2015)
Prgm. muscosum 'Herrenhausen'
(2 awards in
2012)
Prgm. muscosum 'Meg'
(2015)
Prgm. muscosum 'Bex'
(2013)
Prgm. muscosum 'Portland'
(2004)
Prgm. muscosum 'Eichenfels'
(1992)
Prgm. muscosum 'Greentree'
(1975)
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