!Echinorhyncha litensis (Dodson) Dressler 2005
Another Color Form Photos by © Arturo Carillo
Common Name The Lita Echinorhyncha [Town in the N of Ecuador]
Flower Size 2" [5 cm]
Found in S Colombia and N Ecuador in very wet montane forests at elevations around 850 to 1400 meters as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with a few leaves that can bloom at most any time of the year on a lateral, 5" [12.5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence..
Synonyms *Chondrorhyncha litensis Dodson 1989
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Lankester's Epidendra Website CR ; Icon. Pl. Tropic. ser. 2, 5: 417. 1989 as Chondrorhyncha litensis; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 1 Dodson 1994; Huntleya and Related Orchids Harding 2008
