Sievekingia jenmanii Rchb.f. 1886

Inflorescence Photo by Hans Gerhardt Seeger and his München-Nymphenburg Botanical Garden Orchid Website

Common Name Jenman's Sievekingia [English Director of the Botanical Garden in Guyana 1800's]

Flower Size

Found in Guyana, Fr Guiana and Surinam in wet forests at elevations of 100 to 1500 meters as a small to medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte that blooms in the fall

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orquideologia Vol 13 No 3 1979; Orchids of Venezuela, An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 3 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing ok; Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol 7 Steyermark, Berry, Yatskievych and Holst 2003 drawing ok;

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