Sobralia sanctorum Dressler & Bogarín 2011
Leaf Comparison to similar White Flowered species A: S lindleyana B: S crispissima C: S sanctorum D: S sorocula
TYPE Drawing/Photo by Bogarin ©
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Common Name The Los Santos Sobralia [refers to the orchid location]
Flower Size 2.4" [6 cm]
Found in Costa Rica at elevations around 1500 meters as a small sized, cool growing, caespitose terrestrial with erect, purple or green speckled stems carrying dark green, often marked with purple near the base, nearly flat, 5 low keels beneath, elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic, acuminate, subpetiolate base leaves with purple to greenish speckled sheaths that blooms in the late spring and early summer on a terminal, successively single, few flowered inflorescence with a basally inflated floral bract.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #5 2011 photo/drawing fide;
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