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Ionopsis longicaulis is an orchid species identified by L.O.Williams in 1962. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Epidendrum longicaule.
ORIGIN: Found only in Mexico in the state of Jalisco as a miniature sized, warm growing lithophyte on cliffsides or on large rocks near streams at elevations of 800 to 1500 meters.
DESCRIPTION: A miniature sized, warm growing lithophyte on cliffsides or on large rocks near streams at elevations of 800 to 1500 meters with elongate, fusiform stems carrying 3 to 6, linear-lanceolate, acute, thin leaves graduating in size from smallest at the bottom that blooms on a simple, many [15] flowered inflorescence with long-lasting, successively opening flowers occurring in the summer and fall. This species has an elongating inflorescence with each flower arising days after another and can form keikis on old stems so do not cut them. They can be removed and mounted on their own after they have 3 pseudobulbs formed.
FLOWER SIZE: 3/4 inch [1.85 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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