Beclardia grandiflora Bosser 1997

TYPE Drawing by © Jean Bosser

Common Name The Large Flowered Beclardia

Flower Size

Found in eastern Madagascar in humid foress at elevations of 900 to 1000 meters as a small sized, warm growing epiphyte with a thick, slightly flattened stem carrying to 10, loriform, conduplicate basally, flattened above, emarginate apically leaves that blooms on an axillary, peduncle provided with 2 short sheaths, to 16" [40 cm] long, 10 to 15 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Of Men and Orchids Jenny Part 1 2015 drawing fide; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 drawing/photo fide;

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