Leochilus ampliflorus Schltr. 1925 Photo by Weyman Bussey

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Common Name The Ample-Bloomed Leochilus

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in Mexico, on twigs high in the canopy of natural forests or on guava trees in plantations as a miniature sized, epiphytic species found that blooms in the summeron a pendant, several flowered inflorescence.

Sometimes cited as a synonym of Leochilus crocodiliceps but I feel that they are definitely separate.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI Systematic Botany Monographs Leochilus Vol 14 Chase 1986 drawing fide; An Introdution to the Orchids of Mexico Wiard 1987 photo no = L crocodillaceps; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2005

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