Red Crucifix Orchid
Epidendrum radicans
Also known as Star Orchid
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- Central and South America
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Red Crucifix Orchid
Identify Red Crucifix Orchid by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Alternate.
- Confirm leaf shape: Ovate.
- Confirm flower colour: Orange.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- Confirm it sits within the Orchidaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Red Crucifix Orchid.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Epidendrum radicans
- Genus
- Epidendrum
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grown as garden plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Central and South America
- Distribution
- Cultivated throughout
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- AlternaterecordedOne leaf per node, arranged in a spiral or zigzag up the stem.“The leaves are alternate, the blades ovate-elliptic, shortly mucronate at the apex (tip of leaf), 2 to 9 cm long and 1.2 to 2.5 cm long, thick, with a leathery consistency, with th” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- OvaterecordedEgg-shaped, broader near the base.“The leaves are alternate, the blades ovate-elliptic, shortly mucronate at the apex (tip of leaf), 2 to 9 cm long and 1.2 to 2.5 cm long, thick, with a leathery consistency, with th” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Red Crucifix Orchid itself; the rest are typical of the Orchidaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Orangerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Red Crucifix Orchid itself; the rest are typical of the Orchidaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Red Crucifix Orchid
A member of the Orchidaceae family, Red Crucifix Orchid (Epidendrum radicans) is a herb. It is native to Central and South America. It is grown as garden plant. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Red Crucifix Orchid belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
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