Quisqueya ekmanii Dod 1979
Photo by Eladio Fernandez
Drawing by Ms Robles
Common Name Ekman's Quisqueya [Swedish Botanist in Dominican Republic early 1900's]
Flower Size 2" [5 cm]
Found in Haiti and the Dominican Republic on limestone cliffsides at elevations around 1800 to 2500 meters as a small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial or lithophyte with erect stems enveloped by 3 to 4 scarious sheaths carrying 1 to 4, apical, erect, slightly leathery, serrate margined, linear, acute leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, ternminal, 12" [30 cm] long, to 8 simultaneously flowered inflorescence
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*AOS Bulletin Vol 48 No 2 1979 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 48 No 5 1979 drawing fide;
The Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol 4 Withner 1996 photo fide;
Orchidaceae Antillinae Nir 2000;
Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001 ;
Orchid Flora of the Greater Antilles Ackerman 2014
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