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Zhukowskia scintillans is an orchid species identified by (E.W.Greenw.) Szlach. in 2003. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Sarcoglottis scintillans.
ORIGIN: Found in Guerrero & Oaxaca states of Mexico in elfin forests sometimes along streams at elevations of 1400 to 1900 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with an erect stem carrying deciduous, not present at blooming, in a basal rosettte, 4 to 7, long ovate, slightly undulate margins, acute, gradually narrowing below into the shortly petilolate base leaves that blooms in the mid spring through early summer on an erect, terminal, pubescent-languinose above, scapose, densely many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, arcuate, canaliculate, tubular floral bracts.
FLOWER SIZE: 0.2 inches [5 mm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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