Chondroscaphe escobariana (Dodson & Neudecker) Rungius 1996
Photo by Patricia Harding
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Common Name Escobar's Chondroscaphe [Colombian Orchidist 1935 - 2009]
Flower Size 3" [7.5 cm]
Found in Colombia at elevations of 1500 meters as a medium sized, cool growing epiphtye with a loose fan of distichous, linear leaves that blooms in the later summer on an axillary, 6" [15 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence
Synonyms *Chondrorhyncha escobariana Dodson & Neudecker 1993
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 1 COS 1990 Photo back cover as Chondrorhyncha sp = C escobariana fide; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 6 COS 1998 Errata = C escobariana; Orquideologia Vol 21 #3 Dressler 2000 photo fide; Huntleya and Related Orchids Harding 2008 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 78 #6 2009 photo fide; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 5 Epidendroideae pt 2 Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmusen 2009 photo fide; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide;
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