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Accession Data:

Zygopetalum maculatum (Kunth) Garay

  • Common Name: Zygopetalum
  • Family: Orchidaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Southern Brazil - Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul
  • Habitat: Terrestrial in sparse woods or grassy meadows near forests1300-1700m

  • Culture: Keep plant frost free and at cool to intermediate temperatures. Plant will tolerate temperatures of 28°C only for several hours. Keep plant in medium to bright light. Zygopetalums can take morning sun and filtered noon sunlight. Light green leaves with a bit of yellow indicates maximum sun light absorption. Zygopetalum potting media should not be allowed to dry out. Keep moist but not soggy. Water about every five to seven days. Plants should be potted in medium to fine bark with some perlite.3

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200600131
  • Source: A. Wachtel
  • Accession Date: 11-30-2006
  • Bench: 3223 - ORCH: SW Island Treebox
    • Currently: active - marginal (no foliage)
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-08-2025
  • Restrictions:
    • CITES Appendix II Listed Plant

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Orchidaceae
  • SubFamily: Epidendroideae
  • Tribe: Cymbidieae
  • SubTribe: Zygopetalinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • Type Species
  • Currently Featured Orchids
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Bolivia / Peru / Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast / Brazil South

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 26 February 2015.
  3. Zygopetalum maculatum at Orchids Wiki. Accessed 23 May 2015.
  4. Image #00 & #02 used with permission - Stan Malcolm. Ph.D., Systematics '81. Last accessed on Wednesday, February 10, 2016.

data regenerated on Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:46:29 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Zygopetalum maculatum

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Current Accessions in the Orchidaceae

Subfamily Cypripedioideae
Tribe Cypripedieae

  • Paphiopedilinae: Paphiopedilum Delrosi
  • Paphiopedilinae: Paphiopedilum Harrisianum
  • Paphiopedilinae: Paphiopedilum haynaldianum

Subfamily Cypripedioideae
Tribe Phragmipedieae

  • Phragmipediinae: Phragmipedium Calurum
  • Phragmipediinae: Phragmipedium Demetria
  • Phragmipediinae: Phragmipedium Schroederae
  • Phragmipediinae: Phragmipedium Lemoinierianum
  • Phragmipediinae: Phragmipedium Dominianum
  • Phragmipediinae: Phragmipedium longifolium

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Arethuseae

  • Bletiinae: Bletilla striata
  • Chysinae: Chysis bractescens
  • Sobraliinae: Sobralia decora
  • Sobraliinae: Sobralia decora x leucantha

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Coelogyneae

  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne asperata
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne flaccida
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne lawrenceana
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne mayeriana
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne ovalis
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne rochussenii
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne speciosa
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne tomentosa
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne usitana
  • Coelogyninae: Dendrochilum cobbianum
  • Coelogyninae: Dendrochilum magnum
  • Coelogyninae: Dendrochilum sp.
  • Coelogyninae: Dendrochilum wenzelii
  • Coelogyninae: Dendrochilum yuccifolium
  • Coelogyninae: Pholidota imbricata
  • Thuniinae: Thunia alba

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Collabieae

  • Phaius tankervilleae
  • Phaius tankervilleae var. alba

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Cymbidieae

  • Catasetinae: Catasetum hybrid
  • Catasetinae: Catasetum hybrid
  • Catasetinae: Catasetum hybrid
  • Cymbidiinae: Ansellia africana
  • Cymbidiinae: Cymbidium aloifolium
  • Cymbidiinae: Cymbidium dayanum 'Bolin'
  • Cymbidiinae: Cymbidium finlaysonianum
  • Cymbidiinae: Cymbidium sp.
  • Eulophiinae: Eulophia andamanensis
  • Eulophiinae: Eulophia guineensis
  • Eulophiinae: Eulophia petersii
  • Maxillariinae: Bifrenaria inodora
  • Maxillariinae: Brasiliorchis schunkeana
  • Maxillariinae: Maxillaria callichroma
  • Maxillariinae: Maxillaria elatior
  • Maxillariinae: Maxillaria houtteana
  • Maxillariinae: Maxillaria pachyphylla
  • Maxillariinae: Maxillaria sanguinea
  • Maxillariinae: Prominaea stapelioides x guttata
  • Maxillariinae: Maxillaria tenuifolia
  • Maxillariinae: Maxillaria variabilis
  • Maxillariinae: Mormolyca hedwigiae
  • Maxillariinae: Mormolyca ringens
  • Maxillariinae: Mormolyca rufescens
  • Maxillariinae: Ornithidium sophronitis
  • Maxillariinae: Trigonidium egertonianum
  • Oncidiinae: Brassia jipijapensis
  • Oncidiinae: Brassia maculata majus
  • Oncidiinae: Brassia verrucosa
  • Oncidiinae: Lockhartia lunifera
  • Oncidiinae: Lockhartia oerstedii
  • Oncidiinae: Lockhartia oerstedii
  • Oncidiinae: Miltonia clowesii
  • Oncidiinae: Miltonia flavescens
  • Oncidiinae: Oncidium altissimum
  • Oncidiinae: Oncidium hybrid
  • Oncidiinae: Oncidium hybrid
  • Oncidiinae: Oncidium maculatum
  • Oncidiinae: Oncidium sphacelatum
  • Oncidiinae: Oncidium tigrinum
  • Oncidiinae: Oncidium unidentified
  • Stanhopeinae: Gongora cassidea
  • Stanhopeinae: Gongora histrionica
  • Stanhopeinae: Gongora quinquenervis var uncinata
  • Stanhopeinae: Gongora rufescens
  • Stanhopeinae: Gongora scaphephorus
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea assidensis (tigrina x wardii)
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea costaricensis
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea ecornuta
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea grandiflora
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea graveolens
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea intermedia
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea jenischiana
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea lietzei
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea oculata
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea platyceras
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea tigrina
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea tigrina var. nigroviolacea
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea tigrina x wardii
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea wardii
  • Zygopetalinae: Pescatoria wallisii
  • Zygopetalinae: Zygopetalum maculatum

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Dendrobieae

  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum affine
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum affine
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum annamense
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum careyanum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum cheiri
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum corolliferum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum elegantulum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum falcatum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum flammuliferum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum gibbosum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum gibbosum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum grandiflorum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum hahlianum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum lasiochilum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum lepidum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum lepidum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum lepidum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum lilacinum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum lobbii
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum longiflorum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum longissimum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum morotaiense
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum purpureorhachis
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum roxburghii
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum roxburghii
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum tremulum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum vaginatum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium anceps
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium anosmum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium aphyllum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium bifalce
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium bigibbum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium brunneum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium chrysotropis
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium x delicatum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium farmeri
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium hymenanthum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium jenkinsii
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium kingianum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium lindleyi
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium lindleyi
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium moniliforme
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium nakaharae
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium plicatile
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium rigidum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium speciosum var. hillii
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium speciosum var. pedunculatum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium wassellii

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Epidendreae

  • Glomerinae: Agrostophyllum planicaule
  • Laeliinae: Barkeria melanocaulon
  • Laeliinae: Brassavola cucullata
  • Laeliinae: Brassavola nodosa
  • Laeliinae: Brassocattleya hybrid
  • Laeliinae: Cattleya purpurata var. werkhauseri
  • Laeliinae: Cattleya trianae
  • Laeliinae: Dinema polybulbon
  • Laeliinae: Encyclia kennedyi
  • Laeliinae: Epidendrum 'Max Valley'
  • Laeliinae: Epidendrum oerstedii
  • Laeliinae: Epidendrum radicans
  • Laeliinae: Epidendrum rigidum
  • Laeliinae: Epidendrum schlecterianum
  • Laeliinae: Guarianthe bowringiana
  • Laeliinae: Isabelia pulchella
  • Laeliinae: Isochilus carnosiflorus
  • Laeliinae: Laelia rubescens
  • Laeliinae: Myrmecophila christinae
  • Laeliinae: Myrmecophila tibicinis
  • Laeliinae: Scaphyglottis confusa
  • Laeliinae: Scaphyglottis longicaulis
  • Pleurothallidinae: Acianthera aphthosa
  • Pleurothallidinae: Acianthera casapensis
  • Pleurothallidinae: Anathallis linearifolia 'D&M'
  • Pleurothallidinae: Dracula pusilla
  • Pleurothallidinae: Masdevallia hybrid
  • Pleurothallidinae: Masdevallia infracta
  • Pleurothallidinae: Myoxanthus affinis
  • Pleurothallidinae: Octomeria unidentified
  • Pleurothallidinae: Platystele pyriformis
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis longipedicellata
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis nuda
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis pedunculata
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis prolaticollaris
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis titan
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis truncata
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis unidentified
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis unidentified
  • Pleurothallidinae: Specklinia brighamii
  • Pleurothallidinae: Specklinia grobyi
  • Pleurothallidinae: Specklinia tribuloides
  • Pleurothallidinae: Stelis argentata
  • Pleurothallidinae: Stelis argentata
  • Pleurothallidinae: Stelis immersa
  • Pleurothallidinae: Stelis megachlamys
  • Pleurothallidinae: Stelis quadrifida
  • Pleurothallidinae: Trichosalpinx chamaelepanthes
  • Pleurothallidinae: Zootrophion hirtzii

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Malaxideae

  • Liparis condylobulbon

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Podochileae

  • Eriinae: Ceratostylis retisquama
  • Eriinae: Eria carinata
  • Eriinae: Campanulorchis globifera
  • Eriinae: Eria javanica
  • Eriinae: Pinalia bractescens
  • Eriinae: Pinalia copelandii
  • Eriinae: Trichotosia velutina

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Vandeae

  • Aerangidinae: Diaphananthe pellucida
  • Aerangidinae: Microterangis hariotiana
  • Aeridinae: Cleisocentron gokusingii
  • Aeridinae: Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana
  • Aeridinae: Robiquetia cerina
  • Aeridinae: Sarcochilus hartmannii
  • Aeridinae: Tuberolabium kotoense
  • Aeridinae: Rhynchorides Thai Noi
  • Aeridinae: Vanda tricolor var. suavis
  • Angraecinae: Angraecum distichum
  • Angraecinae: Angraecum sesquipedale
  • Angraecinae: Jumellea arachnantha
  • Polystachyinae: Neobenthamia gracilis

Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Cranchideae

  • Cranchidinae: Cladobium graminifolium

Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Cranichideae

  • Goodyerinae: Goodyera pubescens
  • Goodyerinae: Ludisia discolor
  • Prescottiinae: Prescottia plantaginifolia

Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Diseae

  • Satyriinae: Cynorkis calanthoides
  • Satyriinae: Satyrium membranaceum

Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Orchideae

  • Orchidinae: Habenaria medusa

Subfamily Vanilloideae
Tribe Vanilleae

  • Vanilla phalaenopsis
  • Vanilla planifolia
  • Vanilla planifolia variegata
  • Vanilla pompona
  • Vanilla roscheri
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