Lockhartia parthenocomos (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1852
Other Flower Parts Drawing by © Reichenbach and the Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria
Common Name The Virgin Hair Lockhartia
Flower Size .6" [1.8 cm]
Found in Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil at elevations of 1600 to 2500 meters as a cool to cold growing epiphyte
Synonyms Fernandezia parthenocomos Rchb.f. 1852; Lockhartia parthenocomos var. crispula Regel 1856
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1853; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1855; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1856; Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1854 drawing; Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1959 as L longifolia drawing fide; Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 5 1970 drawing fide; Orchids of Venezuela A field Guide Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing fide; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 89 Dodson 1989 drawing hmmlocksc; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 6 COS 1998 as L parthenocomos photo not = L bennettii; Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 2 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 3 Dodson 2002 photo fide; The Pictoral Encyclopedia of Oncidium Zelenko 2002; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 9 2008 photo; Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko Bermudez 2009 photo maybe; Orquideas del Peru Freuler 2010 photo maybe
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