Prosthechea faresiana (Bicalho) W.E.Higgins 1997 publ. 1998
Photo by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Nature Photo Website
Photo by Patricia Harding.
Drawing by Vitorino P Castro .
Common Name Fares' Prosthechea [Brazilian collector of Type Species current]
Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]
Found in Minas Gerais state of Brazil at elevations of 1000 to 1500 meters as a small sized, cool growing lithophyte with clustered, ovoid, slightly compressed pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several imbricationg, deciduous sheaths and carrying three apical, subcoriaceous, smooth, lanceolate, cymbidiform, obtuse leaves that blooms in the spring on a terminal, erect, racemose, 5.6" [14 cm] long, inflorescence with to 10,successively opening, non resupinate, fragrant flowers
Synonyms Anacheilium faresianum (Bicalho) Pabst, Moutinho & A.V. Pinto 1981; Encyclia faresiana [Bicalho] Pabst ? drawing in 1977; Hormidium faresianum Bicalho 1973;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Bol. Soc. Campineira Orq. 3(3): 91 Bicalho 1973 as Hormidium faresianum
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 as Encyclia faresiana sic drawing fide;
Bradea 3: 183 Pabst, Moutinho & A.V.Pinto 1981 as Anacheilium faresianum;
*Phytologia 82: 377 W E Higgins 1997 publ. 1998
The Cattleyas and Their Relatives, the Debateable Epidendrum Withner and Harding 2004 photo fide;
Icones Orchidacearum Brasilenses II Plate 184 Castro 2006 as Prosthechea faresiana drawing ok/photo fide
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