Sievekingia jenmanii Rchb.f. 1886
Photos by Karl Senghas and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Photo by Hans Gerhardt Seeger and his München-Nymphenburg Botanical Garden Orchid Website
Common Name Jenman's Sievekingia [English Director of the Botanical Garden in Guyana 1800's]
Flower Size
Found in Guyana, Fr Guiana and Surinam in wet forests at elevations of 100 to 1500 meters as a small to medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte that blooms in the fall
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 drawing fide; Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 5 Dunsterville & Garay 1975 drawing good; Orquideologia Vol 13 No 3 1979; Orchids of Venezuela, An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 3 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing good; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 37/38 pg 2309 - 2436 Brieger 1999; Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 3 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing good; Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol 7 Steyermark, Berry, Yatskievych and Holst 2003 drawing ok; AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #9 2015 photo/drawing fide; Of Men and Orchids Part 1 Jenny 2015 photo drawing/fide;
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