Quekettia papillosa Garay 1954

Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Maarten Sepp

Common Name The Papilose Quekettia

Flower Size .1" [.25 cm]

Found in Surinam and Brazil in hot humid lowlands or in northern coastal plains forests at lower elevations as a mini-miniature sized,hot growing epiphyte with a small pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, eret, terete leaf that blooms in the winter and spring on a 2" [5 cm] long, loosely branched, few flowered inflorescence

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Brasilensis Pabst & Dungs 1977; Orchid Species Culture; Oncidium/Odontoglossum alliance Bakers 2006

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