Dichaea australis Cogn. 1906 SECTION Dichaeaopsis Photo by © Dalton Holland Baptista Orchidstudium
Plant and Flower Photo by © Oliver Lenhard.
Plant in situ, Sao Paulo Brazil Photo by © Jay Pfahl.
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Common Name or Meaning The Southern Dichaea
Flower Size
Found in Sao Paulo state in Brazil at elevations around 800 meters as a cool to warm growing epiphyte.
Similar to D bonplandiana but the D australis has clear green flowers, flat petal apices, a white lip with an entire margin and no horn-like projections on the column while D bonplandiana has yellow-greenish flowers, incurved and concave petal apices, a cream colored lip with a ciliate margin, and horn-like projections on the column.
Synonyms Epithecia australis (Cogn.) Schltr. 1915
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Brasilienses Band II Pabst & Dungs 1977 drawing ok; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #8 2019
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