Pescatoria lamellosa Rchb. f. 1875
Lip Detail Photos by Danny Lentz ©, plant grown by Atlanta Botanical Garden
Another Flower Photo by Jay Pfahl ©
Common Name or Meaning The Lamina Pescatoria
Flower Size 2.6" [7 cm]
Found in Colombia and Ecuador at elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters as a small to medium sized, cool growing epiphyte that blooms in the summer on a laxly pendant to semi-erect, 4" [10 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Zygopetalum lamellosum Rchb.f 1875
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 3 COS 1991 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 27 1648 - 1712 Brieger 1993 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 21 #3 2000 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol. 23 No 1 2004 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 24 #2 2006 photo fide; Huntleya and Related orchids Harding 2008 photo fide; Orquideología Vol 26 #2 2009 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #9 2017 photo fide;
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