Zygopetalum pedicellatum (Sw.) Garay 1973 Photo Courtesy of Eric Hunt, This plant was grown by Marni Turkel and received a CBR/AOS at the October 2002 San Francisco Orchid Society Meeting

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Common Name or Meaning The Single Foot Zygopetalum [refers to the monopodial habit of the plant]

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found in Espiritu Santo, Rio De Janiero and Sao Paulo states of Brazil at elevations of 600 to 1200 meters in montane rainforests as a giant sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with a monopodial vandanaceous-like growth habit, it has no psuedobulbs but has a stem envelped initially by deciduous leaf sheaths carrying narrowly lanceolate leaves and blooms on an axillary inflorescence carrying up to 7 wide spreading, fragrant flowers occuring in the summer in Brazil. The monopodial growth habit of this species is unique to the genus.

Synonyms *Cymbidium pedicellatum Sw. 1799; Zygopetalum caulescens Rolfe 1890; Zygopetalum mosenianum Barb. Rodr. 1877

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VII 115-147 Hoehne 1953 as Zygopetalum mosenianum drawing ok; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Z mosenianum; Orchid Digest Vol 37 No 4 1973 as Z mosenianum photo fide; Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994; Icones Orchidacearum Brasilense I Plate 099 Castro & Campacci 2000 drwaing fide

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