Panarica ionocentra [Rchb.f] Withner & Harding 2004
Photos by © Jay Pfahl.
Photo by © Dalton Holland Baptista.
Drawing By © A Krol/Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023
Common Name The Violet Blue Spur Panarica
Flower Size 2.5" [3.75 cm]
Found in Costa Rica, Chiriqui and Colon provinces of Panama and Colombia at elevations of 900 to 1600 meters as a medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with a somewhat elongated rhizomr giving rise to a short, broad, conical pseudobulb carrying 2 to 3, oblong-elliptic, retuse leaves that blooms in the spring on a terminal, arising throug a 4" [10 cm] long, papery spathe, [20 to 30 cm] long, racemose, 20 to 24 flowered inflorescence with much shorter than the pedicel floral bracts and carrying fragrant flowers.
Similar to Panarica prismatocarpa but the lip of P ionocentra is three lobed near the middle, vs 3 lobed in the basal third, the lamina is adorned with 2 fleshy keels reaching the base of the middle lobe and 3 fleshy ridges above extending to near the apex, vs the lamina with 2 fleshy keels uniting centrally and extending to near the apex." Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023
Give ample sun, spring and summer waterings and then less in the fall and winter.
Synonyms Encyclia ionocentra (Rchb. f.) Mora-Ret. & J. García 1990; Encyclia prismatocarpa var. ionocentra (Rchb.f.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss 2007; Epidendrum auriculigerum Rchb. f. 1888; *Epidendrum ionocentrum Rchb. f.1883; Epidendrum prismatocarpum var. ionocentrum (Rchb. f.) Teusch. 1969; Hormidium auriculigerum Rchb'f ?; Hormidium ionocentrum (Rchb. f.) Brieger 1977; Prosthechea ionocentra (Rchb. f.) W.E. Higgins 1883; Pseudencyclia ionocentra (Rchb.f.) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2003
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Gard. Chron., n.s., 20: 8 Rchb.f 1883 as Epidendrum ionocentrum;
Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 4: 34 Rchb.f 1888 as Epidendrum auriculigerum;
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 244 Schlechter 1920 as E auriculigerum;
AOS Bulletin Vol 38 No 5 1969 as Epidendrum prismatocarpum var ionocentrum photo fide;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 9 513 - 576 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 as Hormidium auriculigerum photo fide;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 9 513 - 576 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 as Hormidium ionocentrum photo fide;
Brenesia 33: 124 Mora-Ret & G Castro 1990 publ. 1991 as Encyclia ionocentra;
Phytologia 82: 376 W E Higgins 1997 publ. 1998 as Prosthechea ionocentra;
Richardiana 4: 32 V P Castro & Chiron 2003 as Pseudencylia ionocentra;
Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003 as Prosthechea ionocentra photo fide;
Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Vol 3 Hammel, Grayum, Herrera and Zamora 2003 as Prosthechea ionocentra;
*The Cattleyas & Their Relatives: Debatable Epidendrums: Withner & Harding 2004 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 8 2006 as Prosthechea ionocentra photo fide;
Orchid. Atlas: 146 M.Wolff & O.Gruss 2007 as Encyclia prismatocarpum var ionocentra
AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 9 2008 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #6 2011 as Prosthechea ionocentra pollinia only photo fide;
Orquideas, Tesoro de Colombia Vol 2 Ortiz & Uribe 2017 as E auriculigerum;
Orchid Genera and Species in Guatemala Archila, Szlachchetko, Chiron, Lipinska, Mystkowska and Bertolini 2018 as Pseudencyclia ionocentra;
Lankesteriana 19(1). 31 - 55 2019 as Prosthechea ionocentra photo fide;
Vanishing Beauty, Native Costa Rican Orchids Vol 2 Lacaena to Pteroglossa Pupulin 2020 as Prosthechea ionocentra photo fide;
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol IV:420 Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023 photo/drawing fide;
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