Euryblema andreae (P.Ortiz) Dressler 2005

Photo by Danny Lentz and the Atlanta Botanical Garden ©

TYPE Drawing TYPE Drawing of Chondrorhyncha andreae by © Padre Pedro Ortiz

Common Name Andrea's Euryblema [Andrea Nissen's Euryblema, Colombian Orchid Nurserywoman current]

Flower Size 4" [10 cm]

Found in El Choco department of Colombia at elevations of 1000 to 1800 meters as a medium to just large sized, cool growing epiphyte with short stems enveloped completely by imbricating, distichous, purple dotted sheaths and carrying oblong-elliptic, aqcute, basally and beaneath dotted with purple leaves that blooms in the fall on a short, provided with 3 bracts, lateral to pendant, 3.2 to 4" [8 to 10 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms *Chondrorhyncha andreae P. Ortíz 1994

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Lankester's Epidendra Website CR; Orquideología Vol 19 #2 pg 13 1994 as Chondrorhyncha andreae photo/drawing fide; Colombian Native Orchids Vol 5 COS 1994 as Chondrorhyncha andreae photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 44-45 pg 2763 - 2898 Brieger 2001 as Chondrorhyncha antonii; Huntleya and Related Orchids Harding 2008 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 78 #6 2009 photo fide; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 as Chondrorhyncha andreae photo fide; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide;

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