Miltoniopsis roezlii (Rchb. f.) God.-Leb. 1889
Photo by © Jay Pfahl
Photo by © Patricia Harding
Common Name Roezl's Miltoniopsis [English Orchid Collector Colombia 1800's]
Flower Size 3 to 4" [7 to 8 cm]
Found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Panama in wet tropical forests at altitudes ranging from 200 to 1000 meters as a warm growing, small sized epiphytic orchid with flattened, ovate, grey green pseudobulbs subtended by several distichous, imbricate, foliar sheaths and has a single, narrowly-oblong, gray green leaf that will bloom in the summer and fall on an erect, resupinate, racemose, to 12" [30 cm] long, 2 to 7 flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb carrying fragrant rose scented flowers that has lanceolate bracts.
This species needs even watering and fertilizing year round to bloom well.
Synonyms Miltonia roezlii (Rchb. f.) G. Nicholson 1886; Miltoniopsis roezlii var. alba (W.Bull ex W.G.Sm.) Lückel 1995 ; *Odontoglossum roezlii Rchb. f. ? ;Odontoglossum roezlii var. alba W.Bull ex W.G.Sm. 1875
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1874 as Odontoglossum roezlii drawing fide; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as Miltonia roezlii; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Miltonia roezlii drawing good; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 6 1958 photo fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; AOS Bulletin Vol 35 No 7 1966 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 37 No 8 1968; AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 3 1970; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 10 1978 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 14 No 1 1979; Orquideologia Vol 15 #1 Luer & Escobar 1981; AOS Bulletin Vol 51 No 10 1982 photo fide; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 942 Dodson 1984 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 2 1985 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 10 1985 drawing fide; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Series II plate 554 Dodson 1989 drawing fide; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 3 COS 1991 photo fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 62 No 9 1993 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 33 - 36 2057 - 2308 Brieger 1997 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 62 #3 1998 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 68 No 6 1999 photo fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 3 Dodson 2002; Orchid Species Culture: Orquideologia Vol. 23 No 2 2004 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 # 3 2006 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 6 2006 as M roezlii f luminosa photo fide; Oncidium, Bakers 2006; Orquideas de la Serrania del Baudo Misas Urreta 2006 drawing/photo fide; Libro Rojo de Plantas De Colombia Vol 6 Primera Parte Saenz 2007; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 11 2008 photo; Orquideologia Vol 25 #2 2008 photo fide; AOS Bulletin vol 78 No 9 2009 photo fide; Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko Bermudez 2009 photo fide; Orquideas del Peru Freuler 2010 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 28 #2 2011 as M roezlii var xanthina photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #6 2011 pollinia only photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #8 2014 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 80 #2 2016; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #1 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #7 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #3 2017 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #10 2019 photo fide;
Miltoniopsis roezlii (Rchb. f.) God.-Leb. 1889 var alba
A white color form of the previous species.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 10 1978 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 51 No 10 1982 photo fide; Orquideas del Peru Freuler 2010 photo fide
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