Coryanthes bruchmuelleri Rchb.f. 1876 SUBGENUS Lamellunguis SECTION Lamellunguis SUBSECTION Acutigaleatae
Photo by © Karl Senghas and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Photo by Tropical Orchid Farm of Maui
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Common Name Bruchmeuller's Coryanthes [German Orchid Collector in South America 1800's]
Flower Size 4 4/5" [12 cm]
Found in Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil and Peru as a large sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte in lowland wet montane forests at elevations around 900 to 1000 meters with elongate, ovoid, rugose, pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical, plicate, narrowly elliptical, acute leaves that blooms in the summer on a basal, pendant, to 24" [to 60 cm] long, few flowered, racemose inflorescence arising from a mature pseudobulb and is held well below the plant with large, extremely fragrant, herbal scented flowers.
Synonyms Coryanthes balfouriana Sander 1911; Coryanthes biflora Barb. Rodr. 1877; Coryanthes bungerothii Rolfe 1890; Coryanthes rodriguesii Hoehne 1942
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 as C rodriguesii drawing good; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 as C bungerothii drawing ok; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 as C biflora drawing ok; Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 as C bungerothii; drawing fide; Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 4 Dunsterville & Garay 1966 as Coryanthes biflora drawing fide; Fieldiana Biology, Vol 33, 1st Supple. to the Orchids of Peru Schweinfurth 1970 as Coryanthes biflora; Flora of Venezuela Vol 15 Parte 4 Foldats 1970 as C bungerothii drawing fide; Die Orchideen #2 5-8 tafel 3 Rudolph Schlechter 1971 as C biflora photo fide; Orchidaceae Braziliense Band II Pabst & Dungs 1977 as C rodriguesii drawing good; Orchidaceae Braziliense Band II Pabst & Dungs 1977 as C biflora drawing hmm; Orchidaceae Braziliense Band II Pabst & Dungs 1977 as C boyii; Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 1 1978 as C biflora photo fide; Orchids of Venezuela, An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 as C biflora drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 62 No 4 1993 photo fide; Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum Plate 222 Bennett & Christenson 1995 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 #2 1997 as C sp Bennett 4970 drawing fide; Venezuela; Paraiso de Orquideas Romero 1997 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 37/38 pg 2309 - 2436 Brieger 1999; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 37/38 pg 2309 - 2436 Brieger 1999 as C biflora; Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 1 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing fide; Libro Rojo de Plantas De Colombia Vol 6 Primera Parte Saenz 2007; Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko Bermudez 2009 photo fide; Orchids of Tropical America an introduction and guide Meisel 2014 photos no = C speciosa; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #4 2015 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 80 #2 2016; Richardiana Vol 5 Chiron & Marcal 2021 Une Orginisation infragenerique de Coryanthes [Orchidaceae];
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