Coryanthes mastersiana F. Lehm. 1891 Photo courtesy of © Lourens Grobler
Another Color Form Photo courtesy of Dan And Marla Nikirk
Another view Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding
Another Color Form Photo courtesy of Mikie Emerson
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Common Name Master's Coryanthes [English Orchid Book Publisher 1800's]
Flower Size 3" [7.5 cm]
Found in Colombia and Ecuador in lowland rainforests in mangrove swamps and the banks of small streams as a medium sized, hot growing epiphyte at an elevation of sea level to 700 meters with erect, clustered, fusiform longitudinally grooved pseudobulbs carrying 2, apical, erect, plicate, oblanceolate, acute, gradually narrowing below in to the grooved base leaves that blooms in the late winter and early spring on a basal, pendant, 12" [30 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence with 3 tubular bracts spaced evenly apart over the whole length and fragrant flowers..
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 1 COS 1990 photo fide; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 5 COS 1994 photo fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 1 Dodson 1993 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol. 23 No 1 2004 photo; Orquideologia Vol. 23 No 2 2004 photo; Flora Of Ecuador # 76 225[2] Dodson & Luer 2005; Orquideas de la Serrania del Baudo Misas Urreta 2006 drawing/photo fide; Libro Rojo de Plantas De Colombia Vol 6 Primera Parte Saenz 2007
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