Aspasia lunata

Aspasia lunata

''Aspasia lunata'' is a species of orchid, native to tropical South America, in the Brazilian southeast and south and reaching Bolivia and Paraguay, from 200–750 metres in elevation.
Aspasia lunata Orchid exhibit in the Botanical Garden of Leuven, Belgium.  Aspasia lunata,Belgium,Geotagged,Spring

Appearance

It forms large colonies, however, being not a particularly common species, it is just occasionally found, mostly on areas of transition between shady forest and open areas both in rain forests and cloud montane forests.

''Aspasia lunata'' is primarily an epiphyte on thick stems but often is found living over rock grooves covered by fallen leaves and humid forests where they never are exposed to direct-straight sunlight.Miranda, Francisco . Orquídeas da Amazônia Brasileira: 168 & 173 Ed. Expressão e Cultura, 1996. {{ISBN|85-208-0208-7}}

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderAsparagales
FamilyOrchidaceae
GenusAspasia
SpeciesA. lunata
Photographed in
Belgium