Ant Farm Orchid

Myrmecophila tibicinis

Flower name
Ant Farm Orchid
Scientific name
Myrmecophila tibicinis
AliasSchomburgkia tibicinis , Myrmecophila tibicinis, バナナラン, Ant Farm Orchid
Place of originMexico, Central America, Venezuela
Place of floweringGreenhouse
Flowering seasonMay

What is Ant Farm Orchid

Ant Farm Orchid, scientific name:Myrmecophila tibicinis) in Mexico and Central America, native to Venezuela, perennial Department of the Orchid myrmecophila genus. Pink flowers bloom. So with fake stems, such as bananas called banana run. Fake stems are live in ants in the cavity.
Orchid provides the honey ants, and symbiotic plants and nutrients provided by ants ants.

Common name: Ant Farm Orchid, scientific name:Myrmecophila tibicinis , synonym:Schomburgkia tibicinis, also known as: banana run, Ant Farm Orchid, origin: Mexico, Central America, Venezuela,

Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Myrmecophila
Species
M. tibicinis

Type of flower
Left-right symmetrical flower
Array of flower
Scattered inflorescence/ umbrella shape
Petal shape
Orchid shape
Leaf type
oblong
Edge of the leaf
Entire

Life typeYears of grass
Flower colorsPink
Colors of the leavesGreen
Fruit colorGreen
Height ~ cm
Diameter of flower ~ cm

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