Pachyphyllum debedoutii P. Ortiz 2009

Flower Closeup Photos by © Ramon de Bedout

full shade Cold

Common Name de Bedout's Pachyphyllum [Colombian Surgeon and Orchidist current]

Flower Size .15" [3mm]

Found in Cundinamarca Colombia at elevations around 2950 meters as a mini-miniature szied, cold growing epiphyte with an erect stem enveloped completely by imbricate leaf-bearing sheaths carrying distichous, alternate, acute, with finely ciliate margins, dark green with red spotted leaves that blooms on 1 to 2, axillary, .2" [5 mm] long, 3 to 4 flowered inflorescence with relatively large bracts.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orquideologia Vol 26 No 1 2009 drawing fide;

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