Anacheilium allemanii (Barb.Rodr.) Pabst, Moutinho & A.V.Pinto 1981
Photo By © Marcos Campacci
Drawing By © Hoehne
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Common Name Alleman's Anacheilium
Flower Size 2.5" [6.25 cm]
Found in Minas Gerais and Parana states of Brazil in tall trees at elevations of 1100 to 1400 meters as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte with short, narrowly ovoid-elliptic pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical, lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms in the late winter and early spring on a terminal, erect, 7.2" [18 cm] long, 4 to 6 flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Encyclia allemanii (Barb.Rodr.) Pabst 1967 publ. 1972; *Epidendrum allemanii Barb.Rodr. 1877; Epidendrum allemanianum Barb.Rodr. 1881; Hormidium allemanii [Barb Rod] Breiger 1977; Prosthechea allemanii (Barb.Rodr.) W.E.Higgins 1997 publ. 1998
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 54 Barb Rodr. 1877 as Epidendrum allemanii;
Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 139 Barb Rodr 1882 as Epidendrum allemanianum
Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 as Epidendrum allemanii drawing fide;
Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 29: 276 Pabst 1967 publ. 1972 as Encyclia allemanii;
Bradea 3: 182 Pabst, Moutinho & A.V.Pinto1981 as Anacheilium allemanii
Phytologia 82: 376 W E Higgins 1997 publ. 1998 as Prosthechea allemanii;
Cattleyas and Their Relative Vol 6 The Debateable Epidendrum Withner & Harding 2004 photo fide;
Orchidees Du Bresil As Orchideas da Serra Do Castello Vol 3 Chiron & Bolsanello 2013 as Prosthechea allemanii drawing/photo fide;
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