Telipogon paucartambensis Farfán, Nauray & A.Galán 2008

Photos by © Nauray & Mamani, Used under permission of Epidendra Website CR

Common Name The Paucartamba Telipogon [The Type locality in Peru]

Flower Size .6 to .8" [1.5 to 2 cm]

Found in Peru in cold cloud forests at elevations of 3000 to 3500 meters as a small sized, cold growing epiphyte with a leafy throughout stem carrying a few oblong, acute to emarginate leaves that blooms in the fall and winter on an erect, cylindrical to slightly trigonus, 2 to 6" [5 to 15 cm] long, successively 1 to 2 at a time, 2 to 7 flowered inflorescence with an ovate-triangular, acuminate floral bract

Synonyms Telipogon javiercastroviejoi Nauray & A. Galán 2008; Telipogon kosnipatensis Farfán, Nauray & A.Galán 2008

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Lankester's Epidendra Website CR ; Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 65: 83 Ten new species of Telipogon (Orchidaceae, Oncidiinae)from southern Peru William Nauray Huari1 & Antonio Galán de Mera 2008 as T javiercastroviejoi photo/drawing fide; Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 65: 85 Ten new species of Telipogon (Orchidaceae, Oncidiinae)from southern Peru William Nauray Huari1 & Antonio Galán de Mera 2008 as Telipogon kosnipatensis photo/drawing fide; *Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 65: 427 Farfán, Nauray & A.Galán 2008; Orchid Species Of Peru Zelenko & Bermudez 2009 photo as T sp 352 fide; Orchid Digest Vol 74 #3 2010 as T javiercastroviejoi photo fide; .