Prosthechea bohnkiana V.P.Castro & G.F.Carr 2004
Photo courtesy of © Dalton Holland Baptista
type Drawing by © Vitorino Castro
Common Name or Meaning Bohnk's Prosthechea [Brazilian Orchid Enthusiast Current]
Flower Size 1.1" [2.8 cm]
Found in Bahia state of Brazil in rainforests at elevations around 1000 meters as a medium to large sized, warm growing epiphyte with cylindric, laterally compressed, 6 noded pseudobulbs enveloped in youth by 4, imbricating, deciduous sheaths and carrying 3, apical, subcoriaceous, acute, keeled dorsally, dark green leaves that blooms in the summer on a terminal, arising through 3 imbricating, spathulate spathes, 12.4" [31 cm] long, 21 flowered inflorescence with small, triangular , much shorter than the pedicel floral bracts and carrying non-resupinate flowers
Synonyms Anacheilium bohnkianum (V.P.Castro & G.F.Carr) Marçal 2005
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Icones Orchidacearum Brasilenses Vol II Plate 180 Castro Neto 2006 as Prosthechea bohnkiana drawing ok/photo good
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