Coryanthes maculata Hkr. 1831

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Common Name The Spotted Coryanthes

Flower Size 5" [12.5 cm]

Found in Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana and Roirama Brazil as a medium sized, hot growing epiphyte with fragrant flowers

Synonyms Coryanthes barkeri Beer 1854; Corysanthes maculata (Hook.) Heynh. 1840

ReferencesW3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 drawing ok; AOS Bulletin Vol 26 No 9 1957 photo as C speciosa var maculata; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 8 1970 photo as C speciosa var maculata; Orquideologia Vol 12 No 3/4 1977/8 drawing; Orchid Digest Vol 42 no 1 1978 photo ok; AOS Bulletin Vol 56 No 9 1987 drawing; Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 1 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing fide; Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol 7 Steyermark, Berry, Yatskievych and Holst 2003; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 8 2004;

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