Schomburgkia schultzei Schltr. 1924
SUBGENUS Schomburgkia
Photos by © Dorothy Potter Barnett
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Common Name Schultze's Schomburgkia
Flower Size 2.4 to 4" [6 to 10 cm]
Found in Cundinamarca department of Colombia on bare rocks at elevations around 1600 meters as a medium sized, cool growing lithophyte with short, 6 to 6.8" [15 to 17 cm] long pseudobulbs carrying 2, apical, erect-patent, fleshy-coriaceous, oblong-ligulate, subacute leaves that blooms in the late winter and early spring on an erect, elongate, provided with 10, small sheaths, rachis to 2" [5 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with the flowers congregated at the apex and with pink, elongate floral bracts.
The species is distonguished by a distinct lip claw that is ca. 1" [2.5 cm] long,
Synonyms Laelia schultzei (Schltr.) J.M.H.Shaw 2008; Schomburgkia rosea var. schultzei (Schltr.) H.G.Jones 1970
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 27: 139 Schlechter 1924
Caldasia 10: 493 H G Jones 1970 as S rosea var schultzei;
Cattleyas and Their Relatives Withner Vol 3 1990 photo fide;
Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001;
Orquideologia Vol 25 #1 2007 photo ok;
Orchid Rev. 116(1282, Suppl.): 14 J M H Shaw 2008 as Laelia schultzei;
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol IV: 497 Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023 photo fide;
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