Panarica ionocentra [Rchb.f] Withner & Harding 2004 Photo courtesy of Dalton Holland Baptista.

Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt and his Orchid Photos Website

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Common Name The Violet Blue Spur Panarica

Flower Size 2 1/2" [3.75 cm]

Found in Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia at elevations of 900 to 1600 meters as a medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with a short broad pseudobulb that blooms with a terminal, racemose inflorescence with 20 to 24 flowers ample sun, spring and summer waterings and less in the fall and winter.

Synonyms Encyclia ionocentra (Rchb. f.) Mora-Ret. & J. García 1990; Epidendrum auriculigerum Rchb. f. 1888; *Epidendrum ionocentrum Rchb. f.1883; Epidendrum prismatocarpum var. ionocentrum (Rchb. f.) Teusch. 1969; Hormidium auriculigerum Rchb'f ?; Hormidium ionocentrum (Rchb. f.) Brieger 1977; Prosthechea ionocentra (Rchb. f.) W.E. Higgins 1883; Pseudencyclia ionocentra (Rchb.f.) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2003

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 5 Dodson 2004 as Prosthechea ionocentra;

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