Dimerandra elegans (Focke) Siegerist 1986

Photo by © Patricia Harding

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Drawing by © Siegerist

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Common Name The Elegant Dimerandra

Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]

Found from Costa Rica, Panama province of Panama and Caqueta department of Colombia at elevations of 150 to 750 meters as a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte that blooms in the fall on a fascile of several succesively opening flowers that arise terminally on new leafed stems and older leafless stems and although they last only a couple of days each stem has several flowers that open successively and put on quite a display.

Synonyms Dimerandra isthmi Schltr. 1922; Dimerandra major Schltr. 1924; *Isochilus elegans Focke 1851

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Tijdschr. Natuurk. Wetensch. Kunsten 4: 68 Focke 1851 as Isopchilus elegans;

Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17: 44 Schlechter 1922 as D isthmusi;

Beitrage Zur Orchideenkunde Von Colombia 27:136 Schlechter 1924 as D major;

* Bot. Mus. Leafl. 30: 207 Siegerist 1986 drawing fide

AOS Bulletin Vol 56 No 4 1987 drawing fide;

Native Colombian Orchid Vol 1 COS 1990 photo ok;

Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol V Withner 1998;

Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol 7 Steyermark, Berry, Yatskievych and Holst 2003 drawing ok;

Vanishing Beauty, Native Costa Rican Orchids Vol 1 Pupulin 2005 photo good;

Orchids of the Department of Valle de Cauca Colombia Vol 2 Kolanowska, Hagsater etal 2014 drawing fide;

Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide;

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