Encyclia patriciana (J.S.Moreno & Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw 2017
Photos by Patricia Harding/TYPE Drawing By Juan Sebastian Moreno
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Common Name Patricia's Encyclia[Patricia Harding, Orchid enthusiast and discoverer of the new species current]
Flower Size .8" [2 cm]
Found in Cundinamarca department of Colombia in cloud forests at elevations around 3100 meters as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial with fusiform, laterally flattened pseudobulbs enveloped basally by deciduous sheaths and carrying a single, apical, subcoriaceous, oblong leaf that blooms in the late summer and early fall on a terminal, arising through a dried spathe, peduncle 1.2 to 1.6" [3 to 4 cm] long, half as long as the leaves, 2" [5 cm] long, simultaneously 1 to 2 flowered inflorescence carrying non-resupinate flowers.
The lip structure is unique to the genus by the lip cupping the apex of the column and the lip lacks the distinct 3 lobes that are held flat. Campacci & Silva 2016 This was written when it was an Anacheilium.
Synonyms Anacheilium patricianum J.S.Moreno & Campacci 2016
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Coletanea de Orquideas Brasileiras Novas Especies Vol 12 Campacci & Silva 2016 as Anacheilium patricianua photo/drawing fide;
*Orchid Rev. 125: 57 J M Shaw 2017
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