Paphinia herrerae Dodson 1989 Photo by © Lourens Grobler
Lighter color form Photo courtesy of Weyman Bussey, plant grown by Howard Gunn
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Common Name Herrera's Paphinia [Ecuadorian Orchid Enthusiast]
Flower Size 3 to 4" [7.5 to 10 cm]
This species hails from Ecuador as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte that is found at an altitude of 700-1200 meters in very wet montane forests with flattened, ovate, light green pseudobulbs subtended by 2 to 3 distichous, imbricating foliaceous sheaths with 2 thin, obovate, obtuse, apiculate leaves that are heavily veined on the underside, deciduous , bsally clasping leaves that blooms on a basal, pendant, 10" [to 25 cm] long, 3 to 7 flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb enveloped by 3 to 5 tubular, inflated sheaths and having tubular floral bracts enclosing the ovary occuring in the fall through spring.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Series II plate 565 Dodson 1989; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003;
Paphinia herrerae Dodson 1989 var alba
A white color form of the previous species.
Paphinia herrerae Dodson 1989 var rosea
Photos courtesy of David Jubineau And His Bulbophyllum & Co. Website
A rose colored variety of the previous species.
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