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Rhynchostele rossii
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Painted as: |
Odontoglossum rossii |
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Scrapbook: |
27 |
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Date: |
1880 |
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Distribution: |
Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua |
This epiphytic orchid grows on trees in mixed cloud forest on mountainsides
between 2000 and 2400 m elevation. John Lindley, the ‘father
of orchid botany’, named it in 1838 in honour of Lord Ross,
an enthusiastic orchid grower of the day. John Day’s first
plant was sent to him in 1862, by his long-term correspondent and
friend, Isaac Buchanan of New York.
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