Prosthechea favoris (Rchb.f.) Salazar & Soto Arenas 2001

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Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in southwestern Mexico .

"Found in west central Mexico as a group made up of Prosthechea boothiana [Lindl.] Higgins 1997 , Prosthechea magnispatha [Ames, Hubbard, & Schweinf.] Higgins 1997 and P. favoris. They are all very similar and have a similar distribution. E. boothiana is a small plant withsmall flowers and comes from low zones of the Yucatan and Caribbean often in mangroves in coastal zones at elevations below 150 meters. P. magnispatha y P. favoris are plants principally found in cloud forests at elevations of 800 y 1800 meters on the Pacific slopes and are very distinct from the areas where P boothiana occurs. P favoris has been reported from Colima, Nyarit and Jalisco states of Mexico while P magnispatha is only found in Gurrero and Oxaca states. P. favoris and P. magnispatha are more closely related that P. boothiana. It could be said that both P favoris and P amgnispatha are subspecies of each other but the fact that the differences in the size of P magnispatha are very constant and the area of Michoacan is very large and neither of the species occur there." Salazar & Soto Arenas 1998

Synonyms Encyclia boothiana subsp. favoris (Rchb.f.) Dressler & G.E.Pollard 1971; Encyclia favoris (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas 1988; *Epidendrum favoris Rchb.f. 1874

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Gard. Chron., n.s., 2: 98 Rchb.f 1874 as Epidendrum favoris;

Phytologia 21: 436 Dressler & G.E.Pollard 1971;

Orquidea (Mexico City), n.s., 11: 270 Soto Arenas 1988 as Encyclia favoris

*Lindleyana 16: 149 Salazar & Soto Arenas 2001

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