Trichopilia endresiana Dressler & Pupulin 2005

Photo by © Pupulin and The Epidendra Orchid Website

Common Name Endres' Trichopilia [German Orchid Collector in Costa Rica 1800's]

Flower Size 1.28 to 3.6" [3.2 to 9 cm]

Found in Costa Rica without locality as a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with ovoid, compressed pseduobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, elliptic-lanceolate, acute leaf that blooms in the fall on a lateral, basal, [5.5 to 6.5 cm] long, 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence

Similar to T turialbae and T proboscidea

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Harvard Pap. Bot. 10(1): 90, f. 1A-F. Dressler & Pupulin 2005 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 76 # 8 2007 photo fide;

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