Myrmecophila albopurpurea [Strachan ex Fawcett]Nir 2000 SUBGENUS Chaunoschomburgkia Photos by © Jay Pfahl
Flower Closeup Photos by © Eric Hunt and his Orchid Species Photo Website
Another Angle Photo courtesy of Mark Nir and Orchidaceae Antillannae
Common Name The White and Purple Myrmecophilia
Flower Size
Mr Nir states that the type specimen used by Withner was from Cayman Brac where the species does not occur and so was M thomsoniana. This species is an epiphyte or lithophyte on Grand Cayman Island only and blooms in the spring on a long, slender, peduncle terminating in a laxly many flowered panicle or racemose inflorescence.
Synonyms Schomburgkia albopurpurea [Strachan ex Fawcett]Withner 1993; Schomburgkia thomsoniana var albopurpurea Strachan ex Fawcett 1894; Schomburgkia thomsoniana var atropurpurea Hkr.f 1902
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Symbolae Antillanae Vol VI Orchidaceae Urban 1909 as Schomburgkia thompsonianus var albopurpurea; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 1 1963 as S brysiana var albopurpureum; Cattleyas and Their Relatives Withner Vol 3 1990 as Schomburgkia albopurpurea photo fide; Orchidaceae Antillinae Nir 2000
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