Macroclinium confertum Pupulin 1996 Photo by © John Varigos and his Flickr Orchid Photo Website
TYPE Drawing TYPE Drawing/Photo by Franco Pupulin
Specimen Plant and Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved.
and EARLIER
Common Name or Meaning The Compressed Macroclinium
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in Costa Rica in wet premontane forests at elevations of 1300 to 1500 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing miniature fan- shaped, equitant epiphyte, with very small, egg-shaped, compressed pseudobulbs enveloped completely by many leaf bearing sheaths and carrying a single, apical, linear-lanceolate, acute, leaf that is erect basally but curved along the length and longitudinally conduplicate for its entire length carrying numerous pendulous 2 to 3" spikes emerge from between the obliquely spreading, distichous, imbricating leaves on the basal sheaths and are apically, densely packed with spidery 1" blooms, the fragrant [new car] flowers are crystalline rose pink heavily spotted with a darker pink, lip is pink, puts on a massive floral display in spring and earlier summer
CAUTION John Varigos photo above is suspect but Pupulin's photo and drawing are absolutely correct!
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Lankester's Epidendra Website CR ; Fieldiana Biology, Flora Costa Ricensis Family # 39 Orchidaceae, subtribes Maxillariinae and Oncidiinae Atwood & Mora 1999 drawing fide; Orquideologia Vol 21 #3 2000 drawing/ photo fide; Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Vol 3 Hammel, Grayum, Herrera and Zamora 2003; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 5 2005; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006;
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