Prescottia epiphyta Barb.Rodr. 1877 Photo by © Dalton Holland Baptista and Orchidstudium

Common Name The Epiphytic Prescottia

Flower Size

Found in Rio de Janiero, Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo and Parana states of Brazil as a miniature to small sized, cool to cold growing epiphtye with 2 to 4, basal, brilliant dark green, erect, thinly membraneous, spathulate, obtuse, gradually narrowing below into the pseudo-petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, naked, 6" [15 cm] long, laxly many flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII II Hoehne 1945; Flora Brasilica Vol XII II Illustrations Hoehne 1945 drawing good; Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 drawing good; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;

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