| Species
Name: Epidendrum ciliare |
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Flower
Colour and Size: |
White, tinged with green or yellow. Natural spread 10 cm |
Flowering
Period: |
January to May | |
General
Description: |
Usually two-leaved pseudobulbs which rise from a creeping rhizome varying in height from 25 cn to 50 cm. Six to ten flowers sre borne on a terminal inflorescence. | |
Habitat: |
Grows on trunks and branches of open forest trees in the Northern and Central Ranges of Trinidad at altitudes of 500 to 900 metres. | |
Common
Name: |
Eyelash Orchid | |
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