Pseudocentrum sylvicola Rchb.f 1886
Photos by © Alexander Hirtz
Drawing Drawing by Mutis
Common Name The Forest Dwelling Pseudocentrum
Flower Size
Found in Colombia and Ecuador at elevations of 2700 to 3200 meters as a medium to just large sized, cold growing terrestrial with to 7, basal, more or less rosulate, elliptic to ovate-ellioptic, rather criped margins, acute, gradually narrowing below in to the petiolate base leaves that blooms on an erect, overall to 2' [60 cm] long, rachis to 4.8" [12 cm] long, densely cylindric, many flowered inflorescence that is remotely 4, foliaceous sheathed, with ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute floral bracts.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Ecuador No 9 225[1] Garay 1978; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003 photo fide
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