Bollea lawrenceana [Rchb.f] Rchb. f. 1878 Photo © Lourens Grobler

Common Name Lawrence's Bollea [Orchid Enthiusiast 1800's]

Flower Size 3 1/2 to 4" [8.75 to 10 cm]

Found in Ecuador and Colombia at 1500 meters as a cool growing epiphyte with 6 to 10, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate leaves arranged in a fan-shape that blooms in the summer on a shorter than the leaves, 8" [20 cm] long, ascending, sheathed stalk with a solitary, waxy, long-lived, fragrant flower.

Synonyms Pescatorea lawrenceana [Rchb.f] Dressler 2005; *Zygopetalum lawrenceanum Rchb. f. 1878

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae Vol 3 Reichenbach 1883 as Zygopetalum lawrenceanum drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1987; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1993; Flora Brasilense Hoehne 1953; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 1 COS 1991; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 1 Dodson 1994; Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1982; Huntleya and Related Orchids Harding 2008 as Pescatorea lawrenceana

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