Cochleanthes marginata (Rchb. f.) R.E. Schult. & Garay 1959
Photos by Jay Pfahl ©
Another Clone Photo Courtesy of Jean Claude George
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Common Name or Meaning The Rimmed Cochleanthes
Flower Size 3" [7.5 cm]
A small sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte that is psuedobulbless with a fan of basally overlapping, linear-lanceolate, pale green, basally articulate leaves and is found in Colombia, Venezuela and Panama at elevations above 30 meters and blooms in the summer through fall on an erect, 3" [7.5 cm] long, axillary inflorescence with a solitary, fragrant, fleshy, long-lasting flower held amid the leaves.
Synonyms Chondrorhyncha lipscombiae Rolfe 1912; Chondrorhyncha marginata (Rchb. f.) P.H. Allen 1949; Cochleanthes lipscombiae (Rolfe) Garay 1969; Huntleya marginata hort. 1852; Warrea marginata Lindley 1852; Warrea quadrata Lindley 1853; Warczewiczella lipscombiae (Rolfe) Fowlie 1969; *Warsczewiczella marginata Rchb. f. 1852; Warsczewiczella velata Rchb.f 1865; Warczewiczella vittata Anonymous 1887; Zygopetalum fragrans Lindley 1851; Zygopetalum marginatum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1863 ; Zygopetalum quadratum Pfitzer 1881; Zygopetalum velatum Rchb.f 1863;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1959; Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 4 1970;
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