Collected in June 2004 near border between Cundinamarca and Tolima, near Melgar, south of Bogota, at an altitude of 700 m [warm-growing]. The striking, solid magenta flowers are medium-sized and not fragrant.

At left, see photomicrograph of Sobralia andreae seed (taken by Lacey Powell for Meyers Conservatory), showing fertile embryos.

Top photo was made using transmitted light; second photo made using reflected light.

Seed harvested 25 Sept; photographed 29 Sept 2008.

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"Seed is yellow to the naked eye, and free flowing. Moderately large seeds are long and thin, sometimes curved, and have moderately large sized elongated yellowish-green embryos centrally located which are 1/3 the length of the seed when present. [About] 48% appeared to have good embryos."

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Printed References:

Robert L. Dressler 2006. "Sobralia andreae, una especie nueva y llamativa y de facil cultivo! Sobralia andreae, a new and attractive species, and easy to grow!," Orquideologia 24(2): 126 (125-132; 4 illus.) [dt. Dec 2005; issued in 2006; Revista de la Sociedad Colombiana de Orquideologia].

Online References:

ING: Index Nominum Genericorum, URL: http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/ing/ingForm.cfm from the U.S. National Herbarium, Dept. of Systematic Biology - Botany, Smithsonian Institution

International Plant Names Index [IPNI], www.ipni.org

Kew Bibliographical Database, http://kbd.kew.org/kbd/detailedresult.do?id=373493

Orquídeas del Valle, Ginebra, Colombia (1,000 m elevation); website: www.orquivalle.com

Satellite map, Melgar region, Colombia: Melgar google satellite maps

Comments? Questions? Send e-mail: sobralia@autrevie.com.

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