Anguloa cliftonii Rolfe 1910
Photos by © Jay Pfahl
Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding
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Common Name Clifton's Anguloa [English Orchid Grower -First bloom 18-1900's] - In Colombia Cuna de Venus
Flower Size 3 3/4" across [to 9 cm]
A large, Colombian, cool growing terrestrial species found at elevations of 1000 to 1800 meters that is similar in flower to A. clowesii Lindley but cliftonii has a purplish brown streaked side lobe of the lip, while A. clowesii is uniformly yellow. Blooming in the spring and summer often on 2, erect, long, bracteate, single flowered inflorescence that arise basally as the new growths arise in the late winter with a large, waxy, solitary, fragrant flower. This species has clustered ovoid-oblong pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3, plicate, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, subundulate, attenuate into the base leaves and becomes a large plant.
Synonyms Anguloa cliftonii var alba Oakley 1999; Anguloa cliftonii var concolor Oakley 2008
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; AOS Bulletin Vol 36 #4 1967 photo fide; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1982; AOS Bulletin Vol 56 #1 1987 photo fide; Native Colombian Orchid Vol 1 COS 1990 photo fide; The Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb, Laurent 1992 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen lieferung 29 1777 - 1840 Brieger 1994 drawing/photo fide; Native Colombian Orchid Vol 5 COS 1994 photo fide; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Orchid Digest Vol 63 #4 1999 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 21 #2 1999 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 65 No 4 2000 photo; Orquideologia Vol 24 #1 2005 photo fide; Libro Rojo de Plantas De Colombia Vol 6 Primera Parte Saenz 2007 photo fide; Lycaste, Ida and Anguloa, The Essential Guide Oakley 2008 photo fide; Lycaste, Ida and Anguloa, The Essential Guide Oakley 2008 as A cliftonii var alba collection sheet; Lycaste, Ida and Anguloa, The Essential Guide Oakley 2008 as A cliftonii var concolor photo fide; Orquideología Vol 26 #2 2009 photo fide; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide
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