The Long-Leaf Phragmipedium
by Blair Wainman
Title
The Long-Leaf Phragmipedium
Artist
Blair Wainman
Medium
Photograph - Photography Print
Description
Found from Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador on roadside banks and in humid arroyos at elevations of 600 to 1700 meters as a medium to large sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial or lithophyte occuring in shaded or open rocky areas with thin soil near streams or seepage areas with very short stems with imbricate, distichous, conduplicate, leaf-bearing sheaths carrying several, linear-lanceolate, dark green above, pale green below, arcuate, acuminate, conduplicate from the middle to the base leaves with the lower leaves being shorter than the rest that blooms on an erect, 24 to 36" [60 to 90 cm] long, pubescent, deep purple or green, terminal, to racemose, several flowered inflorescence that has 3 sterile, distichous, compressed, linear bracts with the 7 to 9 flowers opening in succession and occuring mostly in the fall but it is possible at almost any time of the year.
This one was captured at Orquideas del Tolima, just outside of Ibagué, Tolima.
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August 21st, 2013
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Comments (10)
Michael May
Growing these in my bedroom window is surely different than seeing them in nature. Love it!
Debbie Portwood
Gorgeous flower and shot! Love the light, comp and beautiful details! Wow what a name, that's a mouth full! :D f/love!!! Thanks so much for all your kind comments and support! I do get behind and Im afraid I miss commenting back as much as I should. Love your fantastic work!
Blair Wainman replied:
Thanks so much for your great detailed comment! I'm not very good at remembering all the many orchid names but as we have so many here and they all grow in the wild it's really amazing to see!
Debra and Dave Vanderlaan
Love the dark detail in this image Blair! We voted! Celebrate life, Debra and Dave
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