Mormodes vernixioidea Pabst 1975
Another Angle Photo courtesy of Sandra Wawrzyniak
Common Name The Varnished Mormodes
Flower Size
Found in Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam and Brazil in evergreen lowland forests at elevations of 100 to 200 meters as a small sized, hot growing epiphyte that blooms in the fall
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Venezuela An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 2 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 as M vernixium drawing hmm; Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 2 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing hmm; Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol 7 Steyermark, Berry, Yatskievych and Holst 2003
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