Scaphyglottis summersii L.O.Williams 1940
Photo by © Jose David Lacruz
Drawing by © Dunsterville
Common Name Summers' Scaphyglottis
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and Bolivia at elevations around 800 meters in wet montane forests as a miniature to small sized, warm growing epiphyte with approximate to superposed, fusiform stems carrying 2 apical, linear-oblong, acuminate leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a terminal, short, sub-umbellate, racemose inflorescence with 1 to 2 successive flowers at a time.
Synonyms Scaphyglottis punctulata var. summersii ( L.O.Williams ) C.Schweinf 1955
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Lankester's Epidendra Website CR ;
* Bot. Mus. Leafl. 9: 14 L O Williams 1940;
Bot. Mus. Leafl. 17: 50. 1955 as S punctulata var summersii;
Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Series II Orchids of Peru Plate 0168 Dodson & Bennett 1989 drawing fide;
Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 3 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing fide;
Orquideas Nativas del Tachira Cesar Fernandez 2003 photo fide;
Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 5 Dodson 2004 photo
Orchid Species Of Peru Zelenko & Bermudez 2009 photo fide
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