The Trumpet Player's Myrmecophila (Myrmecophila tibicinis) - Garden.org

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Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F)
Flowers:	Showy Fragrant
Flower Color:	Pink Other: Magenta-pink
Bloom Size:	2"-3"
Flower Time:	Spring
Propagation: Other methods:	Division
Containers:	Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous:	Epiphytic

Common names

The Trumpet Player's Myrmecophila

Botanical names

Accepted: Myrmecophila tibicinis
Synonym: Schomburgkia tibicinis

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Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 4-2008

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Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04

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Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2017-03-29
Myrmecophila tibicinis - flowers have a form that is easily disti

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Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2017-03-29
Myrmecophila tibicinis - growing on a log

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Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 4-2008

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Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04

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Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04

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7 foot 2 inch flower spike!

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Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2017-03-29
Myrmecophila tibicinis - flower stalk emerging from new leaf grow

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Location: United States Botanical Garden | November 2022
Date: 2022-11-26

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Location: Southwest Florida
Date: June 2012
These blooms are growing on 4 ft long spikes.

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Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2017-03-29
Myrmecophila tibicinis - flowers are borne on a long slim stalk t

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Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2017-03-29
Myrmecophila tibicinis - on the right side note the long brown/wh

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Location: Sarasota, FL
Date: 2015-04-30
At Selby Gardens

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photo credit: Orchi

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Location: Southwest Florida
Date: June 2012
look closely to see the 4 ft long flower spikes

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Location: Southwest Florida
Date: June 2012
the blooms spikes are up to 6 ft long.

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Location: Sarasota, FL
Date: 2015-04-30
At Selby Gardens

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Comments:

Posted by BigBill (Livonia Michigan - Zone 6a) on Feb 16, 2019 7:24 PM concerning plant:

The common name of this species is not the cow horn orchid. That name belongs to a Florida species in the Oncidium Alliance.
I briefly researched a common name for this and I found it to be the "Trumpet players" Myrmecophila.

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