Brachtia brevis Kraenzl. 1920
Side View in situ Putumayo Colombia
Fallen tree in situ Putumayo Colombia
Photos by © Jay Pfahl
Photo by © Andreas Philipp
TYPE Drawing by © Kraenzlin
Common Name The Short Lipped Brachtia
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in Colombia and Ecuador at elevations around 2800 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing epiphyte with a pseudobulb carrying a single leaf and blooms in the summer with several axillary, erect, 4" [10 cm] long, successive several flowered, complanate inflorescence with imbricating, acuminate, conduplicate floral bracts that are much longer than the ovary.
Synonyms Brassia brevis (Kraenzl.) M.W.Chase 2011
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 1 Escobar 1990 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 37/38 pg 2309 - 2436 Brieger 1999; Flora Of Ecuador # 76 225[2] Dodson & Luer 2005 drawing ok; ; Orquideologia Vol 25 #2 2008 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 26 No 1 2009 photo fide; Orquideas del Valle de Aburra Medellin Colombia Sociedad Colombiana de Orquideologia 2014 photo fide; Of Men and Orchids Part 1 2015 drawing fide; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide
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