Prosthechea pamplonensis (Rchb. f.) W.E. Higgins 1997 Vespa Complex
Photos by © Jay Pfahl
Photo by Alexander Reynolds and The INVENTORY OF THE VASCULAR PLANTS OF MAQUIPUCUNA, ECUADOR Website
Drawing by © Dunsterville & Garay
Common Name or Meaning The Pamplona Prosthechea [refers to the town in Venezuela where it was discovered]
Flower Size 1 1/2" [3.75 cm]
Found in Venezuela, Norte de Santander, Cauca departments of Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil at elevations around 1400 to 2700 meters as a large sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte, terresrial or lithophyte with tall, slender pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical leaves and flowers on an erect, terminal, fleshy, rigid, racemose, few to several [to 14] flowered inflorescence with non-resupinate flowers occuring in the summer.
This species and P tigrina are often said to be synonymonous but, this species has a squarish notched lip and A tigrina has a rounded lip, thereby separating them as individual species.
Synonyms Anacheilium pamplonense (Rchb.f.) Withner & P.A.Harding 2004; Encyclia pamplonense (Rchb. f.) Carnevali 1984; *Epidendrum pamplonense Rchb. f. 1849;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Linnaea 22: 837 Rchb.f 1850 as Epidendrum pamplonense;
Bonplandia Rchb.f 1854 as Epidendrum pamplonense;
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 249 Schlechter 1920 as Epidendrum pamplonenese;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 9 513 - 576 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 as Hormidium pamplonense;
Orchids of Venezuela, An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 7 1980 photo; Phytologia 55: 288 Carnevali 1984 as Encyclia pamplonensis;
*Phytologia 82: 379 W E Higgins 1997 publ. 1998;
Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 3 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing good;
The Cattleyas and Their Relatives, the Debateable Epidendrum Withner and Harding 2004 as Anacheilum pamplnense;
Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003 drawing/photo ;
Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 1 Dunsterville and Garay 1979 as Epidendrum pamplonense;
Orquideas Nativas del Tachira Cesar Fernandez 2003 photo fide;
Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 5 Dodson 2004;
Orquideas de Roirama Luz & Franco 2012 photo fide;
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol IV:380 Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023 drawing/photos fide;
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