Rodriguezia flavida Garay & Dunst. 1976

Flower Closeup Photos by © Maarten Sepp

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Common Name The Yellow Rodriguezia

Flower Size

Found in Venezuela, Guyana and Surinam along creeks as a miniature to small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with a creeping rhizome, and 1.2" [3 cm] between each pseudobulb carrying a single clear green, asymetrical apex leaf that blooms in the summer on a basal, arching, short, green, racemose, few flowered inflorescence

Many references cite this species as a synonym of R venusta, but I have left them separate for now awiating new references as the flowers of R flavida do not seem too close to R venusta

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Venezuelan Orchids Vol 5 Dunsterville & Garay 1966 as R luteola Drawing ok; Venezuelan Orchids Vol 6 Dunsterville & Garay 1976 Pg 42 errata; Orchids of Venezuela, An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 3 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing hmm; The Orchids of Surinam Werkhoven 1986 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 31 1905 - 1976 Brieger 1995;

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