Sobralia melanothrix Løjtnant 1977 SECTION Abbreviatae
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Common Name The Black Haired Sobralia
Flower Size 4" [10 cm]
Found in Ecuador and cited as a synonym of Sobralia atropubescens and they are very similar but I will leave them separate pending more information. This is a medium sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial orchid with lareg, short-lived fragrant, flowers on a terminal short, successively flowered inflorescence
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Pl. Syst. Evol. 303: 868 Baranow, Dudek & Szach. 2017
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