Pescatoria pulvinaris (Rchb.f.) Dressler 2005
Photo by © Marta & Oscar Robeledo
Another Flower
Common Name The Cushion-Like Pescatoria
Flower Size 2.5" [6.25 cm]
Found in Antioquia department of Colombia at elevations around 1300 meters as a medium sized, cool growing epiphyte that blooms in the spring
Synonyms *Bollea pulvinaris Rchb.f 1877; Zygopetalum pulvinare Rchb.f., Linnaea 41: 107 (1876
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
AOS Bulletin Vol 50 No 8 1981 as Bollea pulvinaris photo fide; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 1 COS 1990 as Bollea pulvinaris photo ok; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 27 1648 - 1712 Brieger 1993 as Bollea pulvinaris; Huntleya and Related Orchids Harding 2008 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 26 No 1 2009 as B pulvinaris var rosea photo fide; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 as Bollea pulvinaris drawing/photo fide;
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