Sophronitis cernua

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 Sophronitis cernua subsp. var.  Nodding Sophronitis
Flower of Sophronitis cernua
Habit: orchid
Height: to
Width: to
1.5in3in 2.5in7in
Height: 1.5 in to 3 in
Width: 2.5 in to 7 in
Lifespan: perennial
Origin:
Poisonous:
Bloom: early fall, mid fall, late fall
Exposure: sun, part-sun
Water:
Features: flowers
Hidden fields, interally pass variables to right place
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USDA Zones: 11 to 12
Sunset Zones:
Flower features: orange, yellow
Orchidaceae > Sophronitis cernua var. ,



Sophronitis cernua, commonly known as the Nodding Sophronitis, is a species of orchid occurring from Brazil to northeastern Argentina.


Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Sophronitis cernua, Lindl. Very small plants with a creeping rhizome bearing 1-lvd. pseudobulbs: lvs. ovate, thick and leathery, a little over an inch long: fls. 4-8, on a st. from the axils of the lvs., bright scarlet or reddish orange, with an orange lip; sepals and petals ovate; labellum ovate-acuminate, shorter, concave. Winter. Rio Janeiro. CH


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