Kefersteinia wercklei Schltr. 1923 SECTION Umbonatae
Another Plant and Flowers Photos courtesy of Franco Pupulin.
Common Name Werckler's Kefersteinia [Original collector of species]
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in Costa Rica in Atlantic slope, premontane rain forest to cloud forest and disturbed primary forests at elevations around 1000 to 1100 meters as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte that blooms in the summer on a pendant, 1.2 to 1.6" [3 to 4 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with 3 to 4 bracts.
Synonyms Chondrorhyncha wercklei (Schltr.) C.Schweinf. 1944; Senghasia wercklei (Schltr.) Szlach. 2003
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Lankester's Epidendra Website CR ; Ms. W-Rchb Orch in ed.as Zygopetalum umbonatum; *Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni. Veg. Beih. 19: 53. Costa Rica Schlechter 1923; Field Guide to the orchids of Costa Rica and Panama Dressler 1993; Vanishing Beauty, Native Orchids of Costa Rica Pupulin 2005; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 1 2006 photo; Huntleya and Related Orchids Harding 2008
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