Constantia australis (Cogn.) Porto & Brade 1935

Drawing by © Pabst

Deep shade Fall

Common Name The Southern Constantia

Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]

Found in Santa Catarina state of Brazil near rocks as an epiphyte with a repent rhizome giving rise to a basally narrowed becoming rounded above pseudobulb carrying 2, apical, rigid, somewhat convex, to subplanate, mid nerve somewhat canaliculate above, prominent beneath, lateral nerves indistinct leaves that blooms in the fall on a somewhat arcuate, terete, .12 to .16" [3 to 4 mm] long, single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms *Sophronitis australis Cogn. 1901

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Fl. Bras. 3(5): 322 Cogn 1901 as Sophronitis australis

*Arq. Inst. Biol. Veg. 2: 208 Porto & Brade 1935

Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;

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