Sobralia gloriosa Rchb.f. 1873

Plant and Flower In situ Photos by © Greg Allikas

Another Color Form Photo by © Elizabeth Campbell

Drawing Original Drawings by © Padre Pedro Ortiz Conserved at the Herbario de la Universidad Javeriana, Bogota Colombia

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Common Name The Glorious Sobralia

Flower Size 3" [7.5cm]

A medium to giant sized, cool to warm growing terrestrial species found on the western slopes of Southern Colombia and Ecuador in wet montane forests, often along road cuts, from 500 to 2800 meters with an erect, fractiflex stem carrying towards the apex, distichous, plicate, elliptic, acute, basally clasping leaves that blooms on an apical, elongate, fractiflex, successively single flowered inflorescence with loose, acuminate floral bracts and fragrant flowers

Often confused with S luerorum which occurs on the eastern slopes of the Andes only, this one is an unusual color variant and most often the color scheme is similar to S luerorum.

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References W3 Tropicos Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1873; Flora of Ecuador No 9 225[1] Garay 1978 drawing ok; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 308 Dodson 1980 drawing ok; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 6 COS 1998; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 5 Dodson 2004 drawing/photo ok; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 10 2005 photo

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