Kefersteinia aurorae D.E.Benn. & Christenson 1994 SECTION Papilionatae
Photos by © Patricia Harding
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Common Name Aurora's Kefersteinia [Aurora Bennett, Ecuadorian Orchid Enthusiast Current]]
Flower Size .8" [2 cm]
Found in Peru in lower level wet cloud forests at elevations around 1700 to 1800 meters as a small to medium sized, cool growing epiphyte blooming in the spring through fall on a pendant, basal, 2 to 3" [5 to 7.5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with 2 bracts.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Kefersteinia taurina Rchb. f. 1877 AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 6 2003 photo; Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum Plate 265 Bennett & Christenson 1995 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 44-45 pg 2763 - 2898 Brieger 2001; Orchid Digest Vol 66 #3 2002 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 6 2003 photo fide; Huntleya and Related Orchids Harding 2008 photo fide; LANKESTERIANA 14(1) 2014;
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