Zygopetalum intermedium

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

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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. R.H. 1873:190 (as Z. Rivieri).— Plants of Z. Mackaii are often cult. under this name. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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.

Cultivation

More information about this species can be found on the genus page.

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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

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