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Mule Ear Orchid

Trichocentrum pumilum

Mule Ear Orchid
Photo: Designer: M. Hart - Engraver: J. Watts, Public domain
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Epiphyte, Orchid
Native range
Brazil to NE. Argentina
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Trichocentrum pumilum is a species of orchid found from Brazil to northeastern Argentina.

It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte, and grows primarily in savannahs and montane forests. Trichocentrum pumilum blooms in winter and spring.

Other Trichocentrum plants

Trichocentrum andreanum · Trichocentrum bicallosum · Coot Bay Dancing Lady Orchid · Trichocentrum cavendishianum · Trichocentrum cosymbephorum · Mule Ear Orchid · Trichocentrum lacerum · Mule Ear Orchid · Pale Mule Ear Orchid · Trichocentrum microchilum · Trichocentrum silverarum · Trichocentrum splendidum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trichocentrum pumilum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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