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Orchid Species: Ionopsis testiculata

Kew currently accepted name is Ionopsis satyrioides

Ionopsis testiculata is an orchid species identified by (Sw.) Lindl. in 1833. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Ionopsis satyrioides.
Genus
Ionopsis (Inps.)
Grex
testiculata
Parents
Species
Author
(Sw.) Lindl.
Year
1833
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ORIGIN: Found in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Windward Islands, Trinidad, French Guinea, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in tropical wet forests at elevations of sea-level to 700 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Miniature to small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte without pseudobulbs and 2 to 4, terete, fleshy, subulate, canaliculate, acute leaves that blooms on an axillary, arcuate, subpaniculate, subdensely several flowered inflorescence with narrow, acuminate floral bracts carrying, sweetly scented, showy flowers.

FLOWER SIZE: 0.4 inches [1 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Ionopsis Inps satyrioides 1863 (Sw.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
Add+ Cybelion Cybelion teres 1840 (Lindl.) Steud.
Add+ Cybelion Cybelion testiculatum 1826 (Sw.) Spreng.
Add+ Ionopsis Inps costaricensis 1923 Schltr.
Add+ Ionopsis Inps pusilla 1907 Barb.Rodr.
Add+ Ionopsis Inps teres 1838 Lindl.
Add+ Dendrobium Den testiculatum 1799 Sw.
Add+ Epidendrum Epi acinacifolium 1894 Sessé & Moc.
Add+ Epidendrum Epi satyrioides 1788 Sw.
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Inps. satyrioides 'Norwin' (2014) Inps. satyrioides 'Chevonese' (1981)
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