Prosthechea moojenii (Pabst) W.E.Higgins 1997 publ. 1998

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Common Name or Meaning Moojen's Prosthechea [Sr de Oliveria Brazilian Orchidist current]

Flower Size 1.75" [4.4 cm]

Found in Bahia and Minas Gerias states of Brazil on rocks and cliff faces at elevations around 300 meters as a medium sized, hot to warm growing rupicolous orchid with robust, ovoid, slightly compressed pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3, leathery, intensely green leaves that blooms in the spring on a terminal, erect, 1.2" [3 cm] long, 7 to 10 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Anacheilium moojenii (Pabst) Pabst, Moutinho & A.V.Pinto 1981, Encyclia moojenii (Pabst) Pabst 1967 publ. 1972; *Epidendrum moojenii Pabst 1956;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 29: 276 Pabst 1967 publ. 1972 Encyclia moojenii;

Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 17: 204 Pabst 1956 as Epidendrum moojenii;

Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 9 513 - 576 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 as Hormidium moojenii;

Bradea 3: 184 Pabst, Moutinho & A.V.Pinto 1981 as Anacheilium moojenii;

*Phytologia 82: 379 W E Higgins 1997 publ. 1998;

Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol 7 Withner & Harding 2004

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