Sphyrastylis urceilabris P. Ortiz & R. Escobar 1991 Photo by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website

Common Name The Jug-Like Lip Sphyrastylis

Flower Size

Found in Colombia and Peru as a miniature, fan-like, cool growing epiphyte that blooms in the summer on a congested, axillary, racemose, pubescent, several flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Ornithocephalus urceilabris (P.Ortiz & R.Escobar) Toscano & Dressler 2000

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 4 COS 1992 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 4 2000 as Ornithcephalus urceilabris; Orquideologia Vol. 23 No 1 2004 photo; Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko & Bermudez 2009

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