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Pulpito, Octopus orchid

Prostechea cochleata

Description:

It´s a medium, epiphytic orchid commonly found on rainforests, riparian vegetation and cloud forests in Mexico. The flowers are small, purple coloured and lightly fragant.

Habitat:

Rainforests, secondary vegetation, riparian vegetation and cloud forests both in Pacific and Gulf slopes in Mexico.

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1 Comment

StevenSpragg
StevenSpragg 12 years ago

Cool orchid, pity it doesnt have eight petals :)

NoéGarcía
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NoéGarcía

Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico

Spotted on Aug 8, 2011
Submitted on Oct 22, 2011

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