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Orchid Species: Spathoglottis portus-finschii
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Spathoglottis portus-finschii is an orchid species identified by Kraenzl. in K.M.Schumann & U.M.Hollrung in 1889.
ORIGIN: Found in New Guinea in grasslands, rocky hillsides, and in gullies from sea-level to 1200 meters in elevation.
DESCRIPTION: Medium to large sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial with globose pseudobulbs that lay on the soil surface carrying 4 to 5, plicate leaves and blooms on a basal, 40 [1 meter] long, many successively flowered inflorescence with about 6 flowers open at any one time and can occur at most any time of the year.
FLOWER SIZE: 2 inches [5 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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