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Stanhopea tigrina

Synonyms: Stanhopea tigrina var. major; Stanhopea tigrina var. nigropurpurea; Stanhopea tigrina var. speciosa; Stanhopea tigrina var. superba

Wikipedia Abstract

Stanhopea tigrina is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family endemic to Mexico A characteristic of this orchid is the way the flower comes from the bottom . Grown in a normal pot means the flower is stalled with the roots. Even botanical gardens have fallen for this trap.
View Wikipedia Record: Stanhopea tigrina

Infraspecies

Stanhopea tigrina var. nigroviolacea
Stanhopea tigrina var. tigrina

Attributes

Structure [1]  Herb

Predators

Pseudoparlatoria parlatorioides (false parlatoria scale)[2]
Vinsonia stellifera (stellate scale)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0