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|familia=Orchidaceae
|genus=Myrmecophila
|species=tibicinis
|habit=orchid
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Min ht box=1
|Min ht metric=ft
|Max ht box=8
|Max ht metric=ft
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|Min wd box=1
|Min wd metric=ft
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|Max wd metric=ft
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun, part-sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=flowers
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=red, orange, yellow, pink
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=11
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|max_zone=12
|image=Schomburgkia tibicinis1.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_caption=Myrmecophila tibicinis
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Schomburgkia tibicinis, Batem. (Epidendrum tibicinis, Batem.). Pseudobulbs 1-1 1/2 ft. long, tapering upward: lvs. 2-3, oblong, leathery: raceme 4-8 ft. high, bearing numerous fls. each 3 1/2 in. across; sepals and petals oblong, undulate, crisp; lateral lobes of the labellum large, cucullate, middle lobe small, emarginate; fls. deep pink, speckled with white on the outside, rich chocolate-red within; labellum white within, deep rose- color at the sides, with a short chocolate-red middle lobe. Summer. Honduras, Cuba. Var. grandiflora, Lindl. Fls. larger and paler, with more yellow in the lip.— S. tibicinis requires less compost than the other species.
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