Telipogon yolandae P.Ortiz 2010 publ. 2011 Photo by The Species Identification Task Force AOS Website

TYPE DrawingTYPE Drawing by © Padre Pedro Ortiz

Common Name Yolanda's Telipogon [Colombian - Sra. Yolanda de Poveda, wife of the discoverer of the species, Sr. Enrique Poveda current]

Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]

Found in Cundinamarca and Santander departments of Colombia in cloud forests at elevations around 3000 meters as a miniature to small sized, cold growing epiphyte with an abbreviated stem carrying a few leaves that blooms in the fall on an axillary, peduncle flattened, to 3 flowered inflorescence with acute bracts.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orquideologia Vol 27 #2 pg 187 (2010 publ. 2011 photo/drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #12 2017 photo fide;

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