Sigmatostalix wallisii Rchb. f. 1877 Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by Dan Newman of Hanging Gardens.
Another Angle Photo courtesy of Gilberto Escobar Copyright © , and the Dr Leslie Garay Archives
Common Name Wallis' Sigmatostalix
Flower Size
Found in Colombia at elevations of 1800 to 2500 meters as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte with egg-shaped to oblong, flattened and sharp edged pseudobulbs that is partially enveloped bsally by a pair of sheaths and carrying a single apical, linear leaf that blooms on an axillary, paniculate, several flowered inflorescence with short branches each on with only one, successive flower open in each cluster at a time.
Synonyms Roezliella wallisii (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1918
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native COlombian Orchids Vol 4 COS 1992; Orchid Species Culture Oncidium/Odontoglossum Alliance Bakers 2006
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