Kefersteinia perlonga Dressler 1991 SECTION Umbonatae
Photo by Patricia Harding
Photo by Jay Pfahl
Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids, Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved
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Common Name The Very Long Kefersteinia [refers to the callus length]
Found in Colombia at elevations around 500 meters as a miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with 3 to 4, oblanceolate-elliptic to elliptic, acute to acuminate, narrowing below into the conduplicate, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the spring on a pendant, 2.4 to 2.8" [6 to 7 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with 2 to 3, elliptic, infundibular, acute bracts.
Synonyms Senghasia perlonga (Dressler) Szlach. 2003
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Lankester's Epidendra Website CR; *Orquideologia 18(3): 219. 1993 drawing/photo fide; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 2 COS 1991 as #244 B Kefersteinia sp.; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 44-45 pg 2763 - 2898 Brieger 2001 photo fide; 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 drawing/photo fide;
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