Huntleya apiculata (Rchb.f.) Rolfe 1916
Drawing By © Rchb.f , Courtesy of Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria
Common Name The Apiculate Huntleya
Flower Size 2.4" [6 cm]
Found in Colombia in very wet rainforests on the western cordillera at elevations around 300 meters as a hot growing epiphyte
Synonyms *Batemannia apiculata Rchb.f. 1876
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Digest Vol 38 no 3 1974 photo hmm; Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 6 1984; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 2 COS 1991 photo not correct; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 27 1648 - 1712 Brieger 1993 ; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 5 COS 1994 photo maybe; Orquideologia Vol 21 #3 2000 photo ok; Orquideas de la Serrania del Baudo Misas Urreta 2006 drawing/photo not = H lucida; Huntleya and Related Orchids Harding 2008; Orchid Digest Vol 73 #3 2009; Orchids A Colombian Treasure Vol 3 Ortiz & Uribe 2019 photo not = ;
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