Scaphyglottis mesocopis (Endres & Rchb. f.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Hemsl.1884

Plant and Flower Photo by © Dressler, Used under permission of Epidendra Website CR

Common Name The Sickle-Like Scaphyglottis

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in Costa Rica at elevations around 800 to 1100 meters as a hot t warm growing epiphyte.

Synonyms *Ponera mesocopis Endres & Rchb. f. 1874; Scaphyglottis powellii Schltr. 1922.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Lankester's Epidendra Website CR ; Xenia Orchid. 2: 222, t. 200. 1874 as Ponera mesocopsis; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1874 as Ponera mesocopsis Drawing fide; *Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3(16): 220. 1884; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17: 28-29. Panama Schlechter 1922 as Hexadesmia and Scaphyglottis powellii; Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni. Veg. Beih. 19: 203. Costa Rica Schlechter 1923 as S powell; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 9 1958 drawing as ponerae mesocopsis; ii

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