Panarica neglecta (Pupulin) Withner & P.A.Harding 2004

Plant en situ in Costa Rica Photos by © Walter Schug and His MesoAmerican Orchid Page

Common Name The Neglected Panarica [refers to it's ignored status as a species]

Flower Size 1 3/4" [4.4 cm]

Found in Costa Rica in wet montane forests at elevations around 1900 to 2800 meters as a large sized, cool to cold growing lithophyte with narrowly ovate to linear-conic pseuodbulbs carrying 2, apical, erect, leaves and blooms in the spring on a 13.2" [33 cm] long, loose, 8 to 10 flowered, racemose inflorescence

Synonyms *Prosthechea neglecta Pupulin 2001; Pseudencyclia neglecta (Pupulin) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2003

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Cattleyas andTtheir Relatives, The Debateable Epidendrum, Withner & Harding 2004

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