Sievekingia hirtzii Waldvogel 1977
Flower Closeup Photos by © Ron Parsons
Common Name or Meaning Hirtz' Sievekingia [Ecuadorian Orchid Enthusiast Currrent
Flower Size 1 1/2" [3.75 cm]
Found in eastern Ecuador in extremely wet montane forests at elevations of 1000 to 1400 meters as a medium size, hot to warm growing epiphyte with pyriform, sulcate, dark green pseudobulbs partially enveloped basally by a few scarious sheaths and carrying a thin, single, apical, plicate, acute, gradually narrows below into an elongate, conduplicate petiolate base leaf that flowers in the late spring and early summer on a pendant, basal, 2.4" [6 cm] long, subcapitate, many flowered inflorescence carrying several acuminate sheaths with fragrant flowers
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 489 Dodson 1982 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 37/38 pg 2309 - 2436 Brieger 1999 drawing/photo ok; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 5 Dodson 2004 drawing/photo fide;
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