Mormodes tigrina Barb. Rodr. 1882 Photo courtesy of Nina Rach

Common Name The Tiger-Striped Mormodes

Flower Size1.5" [3.75 cm]

Found in Amazonas state of Brazil as a medium sized epiphyte with robust pseudobulbs carrying several, plicate leaves that blooms on a horizontal, to 20" [50 cm] long, several flowered inflorescence .

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 drawing ok; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 drawing ok;

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