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The andes residing telipogon (Telipogon andicola)

Description

It is a small-sized orchid , with epiphytic habits with a short trunk that basally has branches with age has imbricate basal oblong-obovate leaves, which tapers gradually at the conduplicated base. It blooms in an inflorescence of 3 vanes, triangular in cross section of 15 cm in length, only appears in the winter until the end of spring. This species dies after flowering and rests until the next growing season when its cycle begins again, do not throw it may not be dead.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Orchidaceae

              • Genus: Telipogon