Common Name
Stanford ´ s epidendrum
Family
ORCHIDACEAE
Select
Epiphytes
Spanish Name
Orquídea tropical
- Grows above trees supported on its branches and getting nutrients from the suspended air.
- Pollinated by butterflies and small seeds are dispersed by wind when thousands are released from the capsules.
- Seeds require a fungi on substrates to germinate. PROPAGATION: splitting when branches or trees hosting them fall.