Scaphyglottis sickii has a wide distribution from Grenada to Peru and central and eastern Brazil.
Includes: the Windward Islands, Trinidad & Tobago, Surinam, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.
This orchid grows as an epiphyte on trees in a very wide range of habitats, from 0 to 1,000 m, over a minimum of 12 ecoregions. This orchid has been collected in lowland and montane primary rainforest, in scrub, in savanna, rocky savanna, riparian grasslands and on isolated rocky hills and table-top mountains.
A mini-miniature to small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte that can bloom at most any time of the year.
http://www.orchidspecies.com/scaphysickii.htm
Romand-Monnier, F. & Chadburn, H. 2013. Scaphyglottis sickii. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Family | Orchidaceae |
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Color | pink, white |