Stellilabium andinum (L.O.Williams) Garay & Dunst. 1979 Photo by © Arturo Carillo

Common Name The Andean Stellilabium

Flower Size

Found in Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador at elevations of 1350 to 2300 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte

Synonyms *Cordanthera andina L.O.Williams 1941; Telipogon andinus ( L.O.Williams ) N.H.Williams & Dressler 2005

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Cordanthera andina; *Orchids of Venezuela An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 3 Dunsterville and Garay 1979 drawing good; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 4 COS 1992 photo fide; Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 3 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing good; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 5 Dodson 2004 photo fide

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