Prosthechea kautzkyi (Pabst) W.E.Higgins 1997 publ. 1998
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Common Name or Meaning Kautsky's Prosthechea [Brazilian Orchid Enthusiast 1900's]
Flower Size .64" [1.6 cm]
Found in Espirito Santo state of Brazil in primary forests in bright light at elevations around 500 to 1200 meters as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphtye with .8" [2 cm] between each ovoid, compressed pseudobulb carrying 2, apical, erect, stiff leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on a terminal, erect, .8 to 1.6" [2 to 4 cm] long, to 6 flowered inflorescence carrying non-resupinate flowers
This plant can be confused with P campos-portoi but the major difference is that A kautskyi has two apically rounded leaves while A campos-portoi has a single apically acute leaf.
Synonyms Anacheilium kautskyi (Pabst) Pabst, Moutinho & A.V.Pinto 1981; *Encyclia kautzkii Pabst 1967; Prosthechea kautzkii (Pabst) W.E.Higgins 1997 publ. 1998
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 29: 63 Pabst 1967 as Encyclia kautskyi;
Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994 as Encyclia kautsky;
* Phytologia 82: 378 W E Higgins 1997 publ. 1998;
The Cattleyas and Their Relatives The Debateable Epidendrum Vol 7 Withner & Harding 2004 as Anacheilium kautskyi photo fide;
Orchidees Du Bresil As Orchideas da Serra Do Castello Vol 3 Chiron & Bolsanello 2013 as Prosthechea kautskyii drawing/photo fide;
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