Scaphosepalum grande Kraenzl. 1922 SECTION Distichium Luer 1988 Photo by © Jay Pfahl

Another Flower Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by Dan Newman of Hanging Gardens

Another Clone Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved.

Common Name The Large Scaphosepalum

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in Colombia as a warm to cool growing, small sized, caespitose epiphyte from altitudes of 1200 to 1500 meters with erect, slender ramicauls enveloped by 2 to3 tubular sheaths carrying a single, apical, erect, thinly coriaceous, plicate, elliptical, subacute leaf that is cuneate below to the long, channeled petiole that blooms on a lateral, to 12' [30 cm] long, racemose, successively several to many flowered inflorescence with severa, conspicuous, triangular, oblique, conduplicate floral bracts arising from low down on the ramicaul with a single flower at a time and held at leaf height. This species is easily distinguish from others by its plicate leaf, a smmoth erect inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul, a large bracted disticuous raceme and a greenish white synsepal spotted with purple through the middle.

Synonyms Scaphosepalum escobarianum Garay 1971

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orquideologia Vol 12 3/4 1977/8 as S escobarianum; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Systematics of Dresslerella And Scaphosepalum Vol 5 1988 drawing fide; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 4 COS 1992 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 64 No 3 1995 photo

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