Panarica tardiflora (Mora-Ret. ex Pupulin) Withner & P.A Harding 2004
Photos by © Pupulin, Used under permission of Epidendra Website CR
Drawing By © Mora-Retana
Common Name The Late Flowered Panarica [refers to the habit of flowering on last years growth]
Flower Size 2" [5 cm]
Found in Costa Rica at elevations around 500 to 600 meters as a small sized, warm growing epiphyte with ovate pseudobulbs and flowers that arise on last years pseudobulb and occuring in the winter and spring on a terminal, 10.8" [27 cm] long, racemose inflorescence arising through a spathe.
"Differs from the typical forms of !Panarica prismatocarpa [Rchb.f] Withner & Harding 2004 by occurring above 1000 meters in elevation, the abbreviate rhizome, the inflorescence produced on the previous pseudobulb, the non-fragrant flowers, the acute and basally reflexed sepals." Pupulin 2002
Synonyms Prosthechea tardiflora Mora-Ret. ex Pupulin 2002
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Lankester's Epidendra Website CR ;
Lankesteriana 2(1): 23. 2002 as Prosthechea tardiflora;
Richardiana 4: 33 V P Castro & Chiron 2003 as Pseudencylia tardiflora;
Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Vol 3 Hammel, Grayum, Herrera and Zamora 2003 as Prosthechea tardiflora;
*The Cattleyas and Their Relatives, the Debateable Epidendrum Withner and Harding 2004;
AOS Bulletin Vol 77 #7 2008 photo fide;
Vanishing Beauty, Native Costa Rican Orchids Vol 2 Lacaena to Pteroglossa Pupulin 2020 as Prosthechea tardiflora photo fide
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