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| name = ''Zygopetalum intermedium''  <!--- replace xxxx with latin name, and leave the ''quotes'' -->
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|flower_season=early fall, mid fall, late fall, early winter, mid winter, late winter
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Quite similar to <I>Zygopetalum mackayi.</I>
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Quite similar to ''[[Zygopetalum mackayi]]''
 
Petals and sepals are fleshy.  Heavily dappled with dark maroon-purple.
 
Petals and sepals are fleshy.  Heavily dappled with dark maroon-purple.
 
Fan-shaped labellum.
 
Fan-shaped labellum.
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Blooms are 3in (8cm) wide.
 
Blooms on thick upright spikes.
 
Blooms on thick upright spikes.
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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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==References==
 
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*Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881926248
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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*Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381
 
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Latest revision as of 02:47, 26 January 2010


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   orchid

Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Origin: ✈ Brazil
Bloom: ❀ early fall, mid fall, late fall, early winter, mid winter, late winter
Cultivation
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Scientific Names

Orchidaceae >

Zygopetalum >

intermedium >


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.


Read about Zygopetalum intermedium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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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Propagation

Pests and diseases

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