Dichaea sodiroi Schltr.1921 SECTION Dichaea and SECTION Dichaeopsis

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Common Name Sodiro's Dichaea [Ecuadorian Orchid Enthusiast and discoverer of species 1900's]

Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]

Found in Ecuador at elevations around 450 meters as a small sized, hot to warm, pendant growing epiphyte with an ascending to repent stem carrying erect-patent to subpatent, linear-ligulate, subacute, thin textured, glabrous leaves that blooms on an axillary, erect-patent, 1/2" [1.3 cm] long, single flowered, glabrous inflorescence with ovate, acuminate floral bracts.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Die Orchideen der Sudamerikanischen Kordillerenstaaten III Ecuador Schlechter 1921; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 048 Dodson 1980 not = D longa; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 1 COS 1990 as D sp #4031 photo ok; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 1 Dodson 1993 drawing ok; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 6 COS 1998 errata = D sodiroi; Flora of Ecuador No 87 225[3] Orchidaceae Dodson & Luer 2010 drawing good

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