Telipogon thomasii Dodson & R. Escobar 1989 Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, Plant grown by White Oak Orchids

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Common Name Thomas' Telipogon [Named for Thomas Dodson, discoverer of species current]

Flower Size 1 3/5" [4 cm]

Found in Ecuador and Peru in upper montane cloud forests at elevations of 2500 meters as a miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte that dies back after blooming and takes a rest until the next growth season so do not throw away until you are sure that it is dead. with a short stem and flattened pseudobulb enveloped completely by distichous, imbricating sheaths carrying a single, apical, narrowly obovate, acute, apiculate leaf that gradually narrows towards the base and is articulated to the leaf sheath. This speecies blooms at any time of the year on a flattened, 4" [10 cm] long, successively singl [sometimes 2] flowered inflorescence with ovate, congested, concave, boat-shaped floral bracts

References W3 Tropicos [http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html] , Kew Monocot list [ http://www.kew.org/wcsp/home.do ], IPNI [ http://www.us.ipni.org/ipni/plantsearch?request_type=search&output_format=query&ret_defaults=on ] *Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Series II Plate 597 Dodson 1989

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