Sobralia roezlii Rchb. f. 1873 SECTION Sobralia
Photo by © Jay Pfahl
Photo courtesy of Dr Leslie Garay Copyright © , and the Dr Leslie Garay Archives
Common Name Roezl's Sobralia [German Orchid Collector in South America 1800's]
Flower Size 3" [7.5cm]
Found in Antioquia and Cauca departments of Colombia on roadside slopes and fern dominated scrub in moist valleys at elevations of 1200 to 2350 meters and as a giant sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial with erect, elongate stems enveloped by leaf-bearing sheaths carrying plicate, acute leaves that blooms in the spring on a terminal, short, successively several flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Brasolia roezlii (Rchb.f.) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1873; Orquideologia Vol. 23 No 1 2004 photo fide; An Illustrated Field Guide to the Orchids of the Yotoco Forest Reserve Colombia Kolanowska, Escobar, Sanchez & Szlachetko 2011 drawing good/photo fide; Pl. Syst. Evol. 303: 868 Baranow, Dudek & Szach. 2017; Orquideas de Farallones de Cali Galindo-Tarazona, Haelterman, Zuluaga Trochez and Sebastian Moreno 2020 photo fide
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