Pescatorea lamellosa Rchb. f. 1875

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

Another Flower Photo by Jay Pfahl ©

Common Name or Meaning The Lamina Pescatoria

Flower Size 2.6" [7 cm]

Found in Colombia and Ecuador at elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters as a small to medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with a laxly pendant to semi-erect,, 4" 10 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Zygopetalum lamellosum Rchb.f 1875

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 3 COS 1991 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol. 23 No 1 2004 photo; Huntleya and Related orchids Harding 2008

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