Lepanthes calimae P.Ortiz 1998 SUBGENUS Lepanthes SECTION Lepanthes SUBSECTION Breves SERIES Filamentosae
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Plant and Flower in situ Calima Dam Colombia
Photos by © William Jasen
Photos by Arturo Carrilo ©
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Common Name or Meaning The Calima Lepanthes [A dam in the Department of Valle de Cauca Colombia]
Flower Size
Found in the Department of Valle de Cauca, Colombia in wet premontane and montane forests near the Calima dam at elevations of 1500 to 1750 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with erect ramicauls enveloped by 2, short, lepanthiform sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, elliptic, narrowing below to form a short, petiolate base leaf that blooms in the winter through early spring on a filiform, longer than the leaf, .8 to 1.2" [2 to 3 cm] long, successively single, few flowered inflorescence carrying rather large flowers for the size of the plant
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orquideologia Vol. 21 No 1 Dodson 1998 drawing/photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 24 #2 2006 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 25 #1 2007 photo fide; An Illustrated Field Guide to the Orchids of the Yotoco Forest Reserve Colombia Kolanowska, Escobar, Sanchez & Szlachetko 2011 drawing/photo fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXXII 2012 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #1 2014 photo fide; Orchids A Colombian Treasure Vol 3 Ortiz & Uribe 2019 photo fide;
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