Coryanthes feildingii Lindl. 1848

Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of Danny Lentz plant grown by Atlanta Botanical Garden ©

Common Name Feilding's Coryanthes

Flower Size 8.8" [12 cm]

Found in Tachira state, Venezuela in wet forests at elevations of 400 to 500 meters as a hot growing epiphyte with oblong-conical pseudobulbs carrying plicate, lanceolate, acute, gradually narrowing below into the attenuate base leaves blooming on a basal, recurved to pendant, 10 to 12" [25 to 30 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence carrying a fragrant flower

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942; Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 4 1970; Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol 7 Steyermark, Berry, Yatskievych and Holst 2003

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