Chondrorhyncha inedita Dressler & Dalström 2004

Photo by © Rodrigo Escobar

Another Flower

Photo by © Patricia Harding

Part Shade CoolSummer

Common Name or Meaning The Unknown Chondrorhyncha

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found in Colombia at elevations around 1800 meters as a small to medium sized, cool growing epiphyte with oblanceolate, acute, prominently veined beneath leaves that blooms in the summer on a 2.4 to 4" [6 to 10 cm] long, 2 bracted, single flowered inflorescence with paired floral bracts.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orquideologia Vol 21 #3 2000 as C rosea photo good; *Orquideologia vol 23 #2 pg 80 2004 drawing fide; Huntleyas and Related Orchids Harding 2008; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing good;

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