Chysis archilae Chiron 2010
TYPE Photo/Drawing by Archila/Chiron © and The Epidendra Website
LATE
Common Name Archila's Chysis [Orchid Enthusiast and Nurseryman in Guatemala current]
Flower Size 3.2" [8 cm]
Found in Guatemala at elevations around 400 meters as a medium sized, hot growing epiphyte with a linear in the first 1/3 then becoming elliptic-ovoid, pendent stem carrying 5, thin, basally pleated, elliptic, acuminate leaves that blooms in the late fall on a pendent, to 18" [45 cm] long, to 12 flowered inflorescence with sub-triangular, acuminate floral bracts carrying large flowers for the genus.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Richardiana 10(4): 172-173 Chiron 2010 drawing/photo fide;
Orchid Genera and Species in Guatemala Archila, Szlachchetko, Chiron, Lipinska, Mystkowska and Bertolini 2018
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