Pescatorea coronaria Rchb. f. 1877Photo by © Jay Pfahl

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Lip Detail Photos courtesy of Danny Lentz ©, plant grown by Atlanta Botanical Garden

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Common Name The Wreath-Shaped Pescatorea [refers to the "royal color"]

Flower Size 3"

Found in Colombia as a warm to cool growing epiphyte found close to the ground in wet forests on mossy trees at an elevation of 1240 to 1850 meters where it blooms on a axillary, single flowered inflorescence with the fragrant flower set low in the leaves occuring in the spring.

Synonyms Zygopetalum coronarium Rchb.f 1877

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 3 COS 1991 photo fide; Huntleya and Related orchids Harding 2008

Pescatorea coronaria Rchb. f. 1877 var alba Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding

A white form of the previous species.

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