Native to Nicaragua
Edited 13 April 2007
text © Nina Rach
Originally published in Phytologia 14(1): 14-15, t. 9. 1966.
Holotype collected in Nicaragua: Boaca: Cerro Chato, epiphytic, alt. 2500 ft. (900 m), Jan 1964, A.H. Heller 9553 (HT: F). No specimen data.
A subsequent collection was made in Nicaragua: Granada: Volcan Mambacho, 1100 - 1200 m, [11.50N 85.55W], 19 March 1977, by Thomas B. Croat 39094 (MO). Specimen data from voucher: "Terrestrial in dense stand; flowers lavender to pale violet-purple; lip tinged with yellow within."
Fritz Hamer (1990) "Orchids of Central America: An Illustrated Field Guide (M-Z)," in: Selbyana 11(Suppl.):423-860
A.H. Heller & A.D. Hawkes (1966) in: Phytologia 14(1): 14-15, t. 9.
International Plant Names Index [IPNI],
www.ipni.org
ING: Index Nominum Genericorum, URL:
http://rathbun.si.edu/botany/ing/ from the U.S. National Herbarium, Dept. of Systematic Biology - Botany, Smithsonian Institution
