Dichaea costaricensis Schltr. 1923 Photo courtesy of Franco Pupulin.

Common Name The Costa Rican Dichaea

Flower Size 1/2" [1.2 cm]

Found only in Costa Rica and Panama in moist cloud forests on shady tree trunks at elevations of 300 to 1400 meters as a miniature to small sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte that blooms in the summer

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Field Guide to the Orchids of Costa Rica and Panama Dressler 1993; Vanishing Beauty, Native Costa Rican Orchids Pupulin 2005

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