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Holy Ghost Orchid
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IUCN NT · Near threatened

Holy Ghost Orchid

Peristeria elata

Peristeria elata is a species of orchid occurring from Central America to Ecuador and Venezuela. It is the type species of its genus. It is commonly referred to as the Holy Ghost orchid, dove orchid or flower of the Holy Spirit in English, and, as the flor del Espiritu Santo in Spanish.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 493629.