Product information "Zootrophion atropurpureum"
| Name: | Zootrophion atropurpureum [Lindley]Luer 1982 |
| Synonyms: | Cryptophoranthus atropurpureus [Lindley]Rolfe 1887 |
| Etymology: | atropurpureum = black-purple |
| Propagation: | division |
| Origin: | Jamaica, Cuba, Hispanola, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru |
| Habitat: | creeping epiphytic or rarely terrestrial species from elevations of 400-1300 meters in wet montane forests on trees, logs and banks in hilly woods |
| Notes: | unusual flower that does not open. Insects penetrate through the gap in the petals, and pollinate the plants of this genus. |
