Scuticaria peruviana D.E.Benn. & Christenson 2002 Photo courtesy of Akerne Orchids

Common Name Moore's Scuticaria [American Orchid Enthusiast current]

Flower Size

Found in Peru as a large sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte with cylindric speudobulbs carrying a single, terete, elongate, acute leaf that blooms in the spring on a basal, short, single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Scuticaria mooreana Hort.

References W3 Tropicos [http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html] , Kew Monocot list [ http://www.kew.org/wcsp/home.do ], IPNI [ http://www.us.ipni.org/ipni/plantsearch?request_type=search&output_format=query&ret_defaults=on ];

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