Sobralia altissima D.E.Benn. & Christenson 1999 SECTION Sobralia

Photo by © Erica Moron de Abad ©

Common Name The Very Tall Sobralia - in Peru - Inkill

Flower Size 4" to 6" [10 to 15 cm]

Found only in Peru in very wet montane forests at elevations of 2800 to 2900 meters as a giant sized, cold growing terrestrial is the world's tallest orchid at up to 44' [1320 cm] with a thick, erect, fibrous woody stem that is leafy towards the apex with elliptic, acute-acuminate, stiffly coriaceous, conspicuously ribbed, dark green leaves that blooms in the summer on 3 to 4, axillary, below the stem apex, stout, 8 to 12" [20 to 30 cm] long, 8 to 10 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Brasolia altissima (D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum Plate 759 Bennett & Christenson 2001 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001 photo fide; LANKESTERIANA 14(1) 2014; Pl. Syst. Evol. 303: 868 Baranow, Dudek & Szach. 2017

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