Kefersteinia elegans Garay 1969 SECTION Papilionatae

Photo by © Eric Hunt

Common Name The Elegant Kefersteinia

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found in Panama? and Antioquia department of Colombia at unspecified elevations as a small sized epiphyte with thin, elliptic-oblanceolate, acute, narrowing below into the base leaves and blooms on a basal, pendant, 1.6 to 2" [4 to 5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Lankester's Epidendra Website CR ; *Orquideología 4: 80. 1969; Orchid Digest Vol 34 #4 1970 photo fide; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 2 COS 1991 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 26 1584 - 1648 Brieger 1992; Orchid Digest Vol 66 #3 2002 photo fide; Huntleya and Related Orchids Harding 2008 photo fide;Orchids A Colombian Treasure Vol 3 Ortiz & Uribe 2019 photo fide;

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