Coelia guatemalensis Rchb. f. 1861 Photo courtesy of Noble Bashor

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Common Name or Meaning The Guatemalan Coelia

Flower Size More than 2" [more than 5 cm]

Chiapas Mx, 2195m elev, Between San Cristobal las Casas & Comitan, Oak, Pine, Juniper forest,

A Guatemalan and Mexican, cool to warm growing epiphyte on oaks with clustered, glossy, olive green, ovoid to ellipsoid pseudobulbs carrying to 5, plicate, ribbed, thick, acuminate, petiolate leaves that blooms in the summer on a basal, 8" [20 cm] long, bracteate, racemose inflorescence with hooded bracts and up to 7 fragrant flowers, arising basally on the new psuedobulb growth.

Synonyms Bothriochilus guatemalensis (Rchb. f.) L.O. Williams 1940

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;