Telipogon hemimelas Rchb.f. 1876 Photo by Ecuagenera and their Ecuador Orchid Website

Common Name The Half Black Telipogon

Flower Size 3/4" [1.8 cm]

Found in Colombia and Ecuador at elevations around 3500 meters as a cold growing epiphyte

I am fairly sure that this determination is incorrect, as to what it is I do not know. The shape of flower is similar to T hemimelas but the hairs around the lip are much longer and branched.

Synonyms Telipogon gustavii Rchb.f. 1876

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 48 No 2 1979 photo; Native Colombia Orchids Vol 4 COS 1992 photo fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 3 Dodson 2002 pg 436 photo fide;

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