Oerstedella pseudowallisii (Schltr.) Hágsater 1981

SUBGROUP Wallisii Photo courtesy of David Jubineau

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Common Name The False Wallisii Oerstadella

Flower Size

Found in Costa Rica at elevations of 2000 meters and is a cool to warm growing epiphyte.

Differs from it's namesake wallisii by its smallness, the narrowness and lack of the keels on the lip, as well as wider petals.

Synonyms *Epidendrum pseudowallisii Schltr. 1923

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni. Veg. Beih. 19: 124. Costa Rica Schlechter 1923 as Epidendrum pseudo-wallisii; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 2 1963 photo as Epidendrum pseudowallisii; Icones Orchidacearum 8 plate 899 Hagsater 2006 see recognition section as Epidendrum pseudowallisii

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