The blushing artorima (Artorima erubescens)
Description
Found in the evergreen cloudforests of Oaxaca and Guerrero states of Mexico on the highest peaks at elevations of 2400 to 3100 meters as a cold growing epiphyte with a thick rhizome giving rise to widely spaced, conical-ovoid pseudobulbs carrying 3 to 6, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, acute-obtuse leaves blooming in the later fall through winter on an 8" to 4' long [20 to 120 cm], terminal panicle carrying laxly few to many [6 to 100], fragrant, showy flowers.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Asparagales
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Family: Orchidaceae
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Genus: Artorima
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