!Constantia rupestris Barb.Rodr. 1877
Photo by © Linda & Mikael Karlbom
Photo by © Lourens Grobler
Drawing by © Cogniaux
Common Name The Rock Loving Constantia
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in Espirito Santo, Rio de Janiero, Sao Paulo and Santa Catarina states of Brazil as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing lithophyte with close set, squat, pear-shaped, strongly compressed pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical, kidney-shaped, indented apically, cordate basally leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, arising through a small sheath, .2" [1 mm] long, single flowered inflorescence .
Synonyms Sophronitis rupestris (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. 1902
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 79 Barb Rodr. 1877;
Fl. Bras. 5(5): 322 Cogniaux 1902 as Sophronitis rupestris;
Fl. Bras. 5(5): tab 70 Cogniaux 1902 as Sophronitis rupestris drawing fide
Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 drawing good;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 drawing ok;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;
Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol 3 Withner 1990 drawing ok;
Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001;
A Compendium of Miniature Orchid Species Vol 1 Parsons & Gerritsen 2013 photo fide
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