Product information "Porroglossum hoejeri"
Name: | Porroglossum hoeijeri Luer 1985 |
Synonyms: | not known |
Etymology: | hoeijeri = Thomas Höijer, has worked for the Stockholm Botanical Garden (Bergianska Trädgården) for 24 years, and has carried out reintroductions of orchids in Nepal with Stig Dalstroem. |
Propagation: | seed, division |
Origin: | Ekuador |
Habitat: | epiphytic on mossy, thin branches in the province of Carchi in Ecuador in cloud forests at altitudes around 1920 meters, rarely growing terrestrially |
Notes: | Porroglossum hoeijeri has up to 20cm long, inflorescence stems that arise vertically, at the end of which may successively arise 2-3 flowers of 8-12mm in size. |