Telipogon ionopogon

 Telipogon ionopogon Rchb.f., Linnaea 41(1): 27 (1876).

Telipogon ionopogon Rchb.f., Photo by Kujawa Orchids

its native range is S. Ecuador.

Latinh Name: 

Telipogon ionopogon Rchb.f.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

English Name:

The Violet Colored Beard Telipogon.

Description: 

With a short stem enveloped completely by leaf bearing sheaths and carrying a few elliptic, obtuse, basally clasping leaves and blooms in the summer on an erect, elongate, 10 cm long, terminal, terete, successively few flowered inflorescence.

Distribution:

Ecuador.

Ecological:

At elevations around 1500 to 3000 meters on roadbanks and steep slopes as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the summer.

Flower size:

3.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Plants are difficult to grow in cultivation because of their difficulty in establishment. They require shade and cool to intermediate temperatures depending on the species. Plants require high air circulation to prevent fungal rot and constant misting. Water twice a week during the winter and heavily mist during the summer. Plants can be grown in sphagnum moss but are usually mounted. When mounting keep the plant loose on the slab as they do not like their roots bounded. Keep humidity high.

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