Notylia peruviana (Schltr.) C.Schweinf. 1946 Photo by © Pako and His Picasweb Orchids of Guyane Photo Site

Inflorescence? Photo courtesy of Leo and His Harmonia Picasweb Orchid Site

Common Name The Peruvian Notylia

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in French Guiana, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia in rain forests at elevations of 100 to 900 meters as a small sized, hot growing twig epiphyte with a long, pendant, racemose inflorescence

There are various possible determinations here, this species could also be N rhombilabia or N bungerothii, I need more references,

Synonyms *Dipteranthus peruvianus Schltr. 1916; Notylia boliviensis Schltr. 1922

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 3 Dunsterville & Garay 1966 drawing fide; Orchids of Venezuela An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 2 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing fide; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Series II plate 0204 Dodson & Vasquez 1989 as N boliviense drawing fide; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 557 Orchids of Ecuador Dodson 1989 drawing fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 3 Dodson 2002 photo fide/drawing soso; Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 2 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing fide; Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol 7 Steyermark, Berry, Yatskievych and Holst 2003; Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko Bermudez 2009 photo wrong N bungerotii - the other Notylia photo, N rhombilabia photo fits Dodsons drawing of N peruviana

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