Scaphyglottis amparoana (Schltr.) Dressler 1964

Plant and Flower Photos by © Bogarin, Used under permission of Epidendra Website CR

Part Shade WarmFall THROUGHSpring

Common Name Amparo's Scaphyglottis [Costa Rican orchid enthusiast 1900's]

Flower Size .8" [2 cm]

Found in Costa Rica and Panama at elevations of 900 to 1750 meters as a medium sized, warm growing epiphyte with cylindrical pseudobulbs enveloped basally by 3, obtuse sheaths and carrying 2, apical, linear-ligulate, obtuse leaves that blooms in the fall through spring on a terminal, suberect, 1.6" [4 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence '

Synonyms *Costaricaea amparoana Schltr 1923; Hexisea amparoana (Schltr.) Ames, F.T.Hubb. & C.Schweinf. 1934

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Lankester's Epidendra Website CR ; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19: 31. Costa Rica Schlechter 1923 as Costaricaea amparoana;

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