Epidendrum × doroteae
Night Scented Orchid
Epidendrum nocturnum
Jacq. Species
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- Botanical name
- Epidendrum nocturnum
- Also known as
- Night Scented Orchid
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Epidendrum
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Night Scented Orchid
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Epidendrum nocturnum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Amphiglottis nocturna
Auliza nocturna
Epidendrum bahiense
Epidendrum carolinianum
Epidendrum discolor
Epidendrum leucarachne
Epidendrum nocturnum var. angustifolium
Epidendrum nocturnum var. minor
Epidendrum obtusifolium
Nyctosma nocturna
Phaedrosanthus nocturnus
Others in Epidendrum
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