''Cattleya cinnabarina'' is a
lithophyte
Lithophytes are plants that grow in or on rocks. They can be classified as either epilithic (or epipetric) or endolithic; epilithic lithophytes grow on the surfaces of rocks, while endolithic lithophytes grow in the crevices of rocks (and are also ...
from
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
, growing at intermediate elevations. The inflorescences emerge from the top of new
pseudobulb
The pseudobulb is a storage organ found in many epiphytic and terrestrial sympodial orchids. It is derived from a thickening of the part of a stem between leaf nodes and may be composed of just one internode or several, termed heteroblastic and ...
s, each carrying a dozen or so bright orange flowers.
Images
Hoffmannseggella cinnabarina 003 GotBot 2016.jpg
R. Warner & B.S. Williams - The Orchid Album - volume 07 - plate 314 (1888).jpg
References
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External links
cinnabarina
Endemic orchids of Brazil
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