Chondroscaphe escobariana (Dodson & Neudecker) Rungius 1996

Another Angle Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding

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Common Name Escobar's Chondroscaphe [Colombian Orchidist Current]

Flower Size 3" [7.5 cm]

Found in Colombia at elevations of 1500 meters as a medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphtye with a loose fan of distichous, linear leaves that blooms in the later summer on an axillary, 6" [15 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence

Synonyms *Chondrorhyncha escobariana Dodson & Neudecker 1993

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 1 COS 1990 Photo back cover as Chondrorhyncha sp = C escobariana fide; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 6 COS 1998 Errata = C escobariana; Huntleya and Related Orchids Harding 2008

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