Kefersteinia tolimensis Schltr. 1920 SECTION Papilionatae Photo by © Jay Pfahl
Another Lighter Flower Photo courtesy of Jean Claude George
Dark Color Form Photo courtesy of Jean Claude George
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Common Name The Tolima Kefersteinia [State In Colombia]
Flower Size 1 1/2" [3.5 cm]
Found in the state of Tolima, Colombia, as well as Ecuador and Venezuela in dense forests low down on tree trunks at elevations around 1500 to 2100 meters as a miniature to small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with broadly lanceolate, acute or acuminate leaves giving rise to an axillary, erect, to pendant, 5 1/5" [13 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence that blooms in the summer and fall.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen der Sudamerikanischen Kordillerenstaaten II Colombia Schlechter 1920; AOS Bulletin Vol 26 No 2 1957 photo; Venezuelan Orchids Vol 3 Dunsterville & Garay 1965; Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 4 1970; AOS Bulletin Vol 52 No 6 1983 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 56 No 2 1987 photo; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 2 COS 1991; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 5 COS 1994; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 2 Dodson 2002; Huntleya and Related Orchids Harding 2008; Orquideeologia Vol 26 No 1 2009 photo;
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