Scaphyglottis stellata Lodd. ex Lindl. 1889

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Plant and flowers Photo courtesy of Jean Claude George

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Common Name The Star-Like Scaphyglottis

Flower Size 3/8" [.7 cm]

Found in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Fr Guiana, Surinam, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil as a small sized, hot growing epiphyte at elevations of 0 to 1400 meters in open forest and woodlands that blooms in the spring on a terminal or at the nodes on stem, racemose inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb with several flowers held in a cluster and opening in quick succession.

Synonyms Ponera amethystina Rchb. f. 1869; Ponera stellata (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1862; Scaphyglottis amethystina (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1918; Scaphyglottis brachiata Schltr. 1911; Scaphyglottis floribunda Mansf. 1928; Scaphyglottis ochroleuca Schltr. 1914

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Lankester's Epidendra Website CR ; *Edwards's Bot. Reg. 25: misc. 44. 1839; Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 454. 1862 as Ponera stellata; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 456. 1918 as S amethestina; Venezuelan Orchids Vol 2 Dunsterville & Garay 1961 as S amethestina; Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 3 1970; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 4 COS 1992 as S amethystina; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 5 Dodson 2004; Orchids of Bolivia Vol 2 Laelinae Vasquez and Ibisch 2004