View source for Zygopetalum intermedium

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|familia=Orchidaceae
|genus=Zygopetalum
|species=intermedium
|habit=orchid
|Min ht metric=cm
|origin=Brazil
|lifespan=perennial
|flower_season=early fall, mid fall, late fall, early winter, mid winter, late winter
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=9
|max_zone=11
|image=Upload.png
|image_width=240
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Quite similar to ''[[Zygopetalum mackayi]]''
Petals and sepals are fleshy.  Heavily dappled with dark maroon-purple.
Fan-shaped labellum.
Labellum white with dark lilac streaking.
Up to 6 blooms.
Blooms are 3in (8cm) wide.
Blooms on thick upright spikes.

{{Inc|
Zygopetalum intermedium, Lodd. Lvs. ensiform, 1 1/2 ft. long, 1 1/2 in. wide: scape longer than the lvs., bearing 5-6 fls. each nearly 3 in. across: sepals and petals oblong, acute, green with large, confluent blotches of brown: labellum rotund, narrowed at the base, deeply 2-lobed in front, pubescent, bluish white with radiating broken lines of purplish blue; column green and white. Fls. in winter. Brazil.— Plants of Z. Mackaii are often cult. under this name.
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==Cultivation==
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:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Zygopetalum|genus page]].''

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==Species==
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==Gallery==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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