Prosthechea elisae Chiron & V.P.Castro 2003
Photo by Patricia Harding
TYPE Drawing by Chiron & V.P.Castro
Common Name Elisa's Prosthechea [Daughter of Roberto Kautsky, Brazilian dicoverer of species current]
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in Espirito Santo state of Brazil on rocks at elevations around 500 meters as a medium sized, warm growing lithophyte with fusiform, laterally compressed, sulcate, 4 noded pseudobulbs with the bottom 2 nodes enveloped in youth by imbricating, deciduous sheaths and carrying 2 apical, subcoriaceous, oblanceolate, obtuse, dorsally keeled, dark green leaves that blooms in the fall on a terminal, erect, 10.8 to 12" [27 to 30 cm] long, to 20 flowered inflorescence arising through 3 spathes
Synonyms Anacheilium elisae (Chiron & V.P.Castro) Campacci 2018; Anacheilium janeirense Campacci 2004; Prosthechea janeirensis [Campacci] Higgins 2009
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Richardiana 3: 176 Chiron & V.P.Castro 2003
Boletim CAOB #54:55 Campacci 2004 nom nudum as Anacheilium elisae
Cattleyas and Their Relatives Withner & Harding 2004 as Anacheilium janieriense photo fide;
Icones Orchidacearum Brasilienses II Castro 2006 plate 183 drawing/photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 9 2008 as Anacheilium elisae photo fide;
Selbyana 29[2]: 214 W E Higgins 2009 as Prosthechea janeirense;
Orchidees Du Bresil As Orchideas da Serra Do Castello Vol 3 Chiron & Bolsanello 2013 drawing fide/photo fide;
Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 13: 532 Campacci 2018 as Anacheilum elisae
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