Phragmipedium dalessandroi Dodson & O. Gruss 1996 SECTION Micropetalum
Photo by © Jay Pfahl
Photo by © Lourens Grobler
Photo by Patricia Harding.
Flower and Plant in situ in Ecuador
Photos by Eric Hunt
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Common Name Dalessandro's Phragmipedium [Ecuadorian Orchid Enthusiast current]
Flower Size
Found in Ecuador at elevations of 900 to 1500 meters as a medium sized, cool to warm growing terrestrial that is very similar to Phragmipedium besseae Dodson & Kuhn 1981 yet differs in the petals and sepals as well as the staminode and size of slippper opening.
Synonyms Phragmipedium besseae var. dalessandroi (Dodson & O.Gruss) A.Moon & P.J.Cribb 1997
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Orchidee (Hamburg) 47: 217 Dodson & O Gruss 1996
Orchid Rev. 105: 229 A.Moon & P.J.Cribb 1997 as P besseae var dalessandroi
Orchid Digest Vol 62 #4 1998 as P bessiae var dalesandroi photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 8 2003 as P bessae var dalessandroi photo fide
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