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Orchid Species: Altensteinia fimbriata

(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)

Altensteinia fimbriata is an orchid species identified by Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt in 1816.
Genus
Altensteinia (Alt.)
Grex
fimbriata
(name currently accepted by Kew)
Parents
Species
Author
Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt
Year
1816
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ORIGIN: This robust, terrestrial plant is photographed in situ in Pisac, Peru and also occurs in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia at an elevation of 1800 to 3300+ meters on grassy or rocky slopes in wet montane forests or cloud forests and on steep, brush covered slopes of broken granite rock.

DESCRIPTION: This robust, terrestrial plant is photographed in situ in Pisac, Peru and also occurs in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia at an elevation of 1800 to 3300+ meters on grassy or rocky slopes in wet montane forests or cloud forests and on steep, brush covered slopes of broken granite rock, where it was blooming in May but can be found in bloom in the late spring and early summer. It has cauline, lanceolate, clasping, acuminate, spirally arranged, yellow green leaves and blooms on a terminal, erect, 15 [37.5 cm] long, spicate [looks like a bottle brush] raceme with numerous basal bracts.

FLOWER SIZE: 3/4 to 1 inch [2 to 2.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Altensteinia Alt sceptrum 1858 Rchb.f.
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Alt. fimbriata 'Eichenfels' (1999)
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