Miltonia spectabilis Lindl. 1837 Photo courtesy of © Danny Lentz, plant grown by the Atlanta Botanical Garden
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Common Name The Outstanding Miltonia
Flower Size to 4" [to 10 cm]
From Brazil at elevations around 800 meters, a real treat, that has ovate-oblong, compressed, yellowy pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical, linear-ligulate, rounded apically leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on a racemose, axillary, erect or arching, to 8" [20 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence arising with a new pseudobulb growth and subtended by imbricating sheaths and bracts that completely cover the ovary and is an easy, medium sized, cool to hot growing epiphyte. It is normal for the foliage and psuedobulbs to have a yellowish color and is actually a sign of perfect lighting which should be bright.
Synonyms Macrochilus fryanus Kns. & Westc. 1838; Miltonia bicolor Lodd. ex Buyss. 1878; Miltonia spectabilis var. aspersa Rchb.f. 1885; Miltonia spectabilis var. bicolor G.Nicholson 1886; Miltonia spectabilis var. lineata L.Linden & Rodigas 1886; Miltonia spectabilis var. porphyroglossa Rchb.f. 1856; Miltonia spectabilis var. virginalis Lem 1868; Miltonia spectabilis var. radians Rchb.f. 1856; Oncidium spectabile [Lindl.] Rchb.f 1854
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1854; AOS Bulletin Vol 30 No 6 1961; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 10 1963; Venezuelan Orchids Vol 3 Dunsterville & Garay 1965; AAOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 1 1970 photo; OS Bulletin Vol 39 No 3 1970; Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 5 1970; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 10 1978 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 69 No 11 2000 photo; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006;
Miltonia spectabilis var alba
!Miltonia spectabilis var moreliana Henfrey 1837
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Synonyms Miltonia moreliana Warn. 1854; Miltonia rosea Verschaff. ex Lem. 1867; Miltonia spectabilis var. atrorubens Rolfe 1894; Miltonia warneri G.Nicholson 1886
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
AOS Bulletin Vol 26 No 10 1957 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 10 1978 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 51 No 1 1982 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 57 No 2 1988 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 64 No 9 1995 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 64 No 10 1995 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 2 1997 photo; Orchids Australia Vol 10 No 5 1998 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 10 2005 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 9 2008 photo
Miltonia spectabilis var roseum
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A rose colored variety.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
AOS Bulletin Vol 30 No 6 1961 photo;
!Miltonia spectabilis var. semi-alba Lindley 1837
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Also from Brazil, likes to be on tree fern mounts or in wood slat baskets and is a cool to hot growing plant that blooms through the summer and fall.
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