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Zygopetalum intermedium (view source)
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| name = ''Zygopetalum intermedium'' <!--- replace xxxx with latin name, and leave the ''quotes'' -->
|familia=Orchidaceae
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|genus=Zygopetalum
| growth_habit = herbaceous orchid
|species=intermedium
| high = 4-16 in (10-40 cm)
|habit=orchid
| wide = 4-16 in (10-40 cm)
|Min ht metric=cm
| origin = Brazil
|origin=Brazil
|lifespan=perennial
| lifespan = perennial
|flower_season=early fall, mid fall, late fall, early winter, mid winter, late winter
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|Temp Metric=°F
| water = <!--- frequent, regular, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
|min_zone=9
|max_zone=11
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| bloom = fall, winter
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| usda_zones = 9-11
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Quite similar to <I>Zygopetalum mackayi.</I>
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.
Blooms are 3in (8cm) wide.
Blooms are 3in (8cm) wide.
Blooms on thick upright spikes.
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==
==Cultivation==
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==References==
==References==
*Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881926248
*[[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 *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 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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