Pescatorea klabachiorum Rchb.f 1879
Lip Detail Photos courtesy of Danny Lentz ©, plant grown by Atlanta Botanical Garden
Another Flower Photos courtesy of Jay Pfahl ©, plant grown by Arturo Carillo
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Common Name The Klaboch Brother's Pescatorea [German Orchid Collectors in Colombia]
Flower Size 3 1/2" [9 cm]
Found in Colombia and Ecuador at altitudes around 700 to 160 meters that is a cold to warm growing epiphyte from wet forests on mossy tree trunks low to the ground and blooms on an axillary, short to 4" [10 cm], single flowered inflorescence with a very fragrant, longlasting flower that is held below the leaves and occurs in the winter, spring and early summer.
Synonyms Zygopetalum klabochiorum Rchb.f 1879
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 3 COS 1991 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 64 No 11 1995; Australian Orchid Review Vol 67 No 4 2002 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 9 2003 photo; Huntleya and Related Orchids Harding 2008; An Illustrated Field Guide to the Orchids of the Yotoco Forest Reserve Colombia Kolanowska, Escobar, Sanchez & Szlachetko 2011 drawing/photo fide
Pescatorea klabachiorum Rchb.f 1879 var alba
A white color form of the previous species.
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