Pachyphyllum debedoutii P. Ortiz 2009 SECTION Capitulum
Photos by © Ramon de Bedout
TYPE Drawing TYPE Drawing by Padre Pedro Ortiz
Common Name de Bedout's Pachyphyllum [Colombian Surgeon and Orchidist current]
Flower Size .15" [3mm]
Found in Cundinamarca department of Colombia at elevations around 2950 to 3100 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing epiphyte with an erect stem enveloped completely by imbricate leaf-bearing sheaths carrying distichous, alternate, acute, with finely ciliate margins, dark green with red spotted leaves that blooms on 1 to 2, axillary, .2" [5 mm] long, 3 to 4 flowered inflorescence with relatively large bracts.
Synonyms Fernandezia debedoutii (P.Ortiz) M.W.Chase 2011; Valdiviesoa debedoutii (P.Ortiz) Szlach. & Kolan. 2014
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orquideologia Vol 26 No 1 2009 drawing fide;
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