Zygosepalum revolutum Garay & G.A.Romero 1999

Photo by Gilberto Escobar Copyright © , and the Dr Leslie Garay Archives

TYPE Drawing

TYPE Drawing by Dr Leslie Garay

Common Name The Rolled Zygosepalum [refers tothe edges of the lip]

Flower Size 2.4" [6 cm]

Found in Vaupes department of Colombia at elevations under 400 meters as a small sized, hot growing epiphyte with an ascending rhizome giving rise to distant, narrowly ovoid, angular pseudpbulbs carrying 2 apical, linear-oblong, acuminate, narrowly petiolate base leaves that blooms on an erect, much shorter than the leaves, peduncle galbrous, to 4" [10 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Harvard Papaers in Botany Vol 4 # 2 487 Schedulae Orchidum II Garay 1999 Drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 44-45 pg 2763 - 2898 Brieger 2001

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