Constantia cristinae F.E.L.Miranda 1991

Plant and Flowers Photos by © Mauro Rosim and his Flickr Orchid Photo Website

Plant and Flower Photo by © Francisco Miranda and The Miranda Orchids Website

Common Name Cristina's Constania [Mrs Miranda, Orchid Enthusiast, discoverer of species and wife of Francisco orchid nurseryman in Brazil]

Flower Size .5" [1.25 cm]

Found in northern Minas Gerais state of Brazil on shady, lichen covered, large vertical rock faces in very dry locations as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing lithophyte with roundish, slightly flattened diagonally, wrinkled with age pseudobulbs carrying 2, apical, asymetrical, ovate, acute, carinate, slightly tuberculed in crest-like lines, fleshy, basally somewhat cordate leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, single flowered infloresecence

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Cattleyas and Their Relatives Withner Vol 3 1990 photo fide; 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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