Native to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Edited 7 July 2007
© Nina Rach
A terrestrial species growing to a height of about 1.5 meters. Flowers can be either pink, or white with pink lip. Found in the Coastal, Andean, and Amazonian areas of Ecuador from 500 to 2000+ meters, including the provinces of Azuay, Manabí, Napo, Pastaza, Pichincha, Tungurahua, and Zamora-Chinchipe.
According to "Inventory of the vascular plants of Maquipucuna, Ecuador," it was collected from 1450-2100 meters elevation in the Maquipucuna area.
Photo at left provided by Dave Hunt, of a plant blooming in Texas, in September; 2.5 ft high.
This species recently received a Certificate of Botanical Recognition from the AOS, provisional at this time as it has not yet been published in the Awards Quarterly. Sobralia klotzscheana 'Mello Spirit' was exhibited by David Mellard and Sal Marino, of Doraville, Georgia, and was awarded at the Atlanta Judging Center, June 9, 2007. Photo at right by Danny Lentz.
Colombian Orchid Society (1992) Native Colombian Orchids, Volume 4: Porroglossum - Zygosepalum, Rodrigo Escobar, ed. Medellin: Compania Litografica Nacional S.A., 618p. [photo]
Eva Ledezma, Giovanny Ramirez, Nayive Pino-Benitez (March 2006) "Forest Orchids of the Choco Region / Orquideas silvestres del Choco," in: Lyonia 10(1): 17-31. [Sobralia decora, fragrans, klotzscheana, liliastrum, macrophylla, madisonii, pulcherrima, valida; Fig. 4 shows Sobralia pollinia].
URL:
www.lyonia.org/downloadPDF.php?pdfID=2.396.&PHPSESSID=d3bb843e3094e7067d18e851731d8403
Ecuador References:
Dodson, C. H. (1988) "A list of the orchid species reported for Ecuador," in: Orquídeas de la costa del Ecuador, pp. 115-129.
Flora Ecuadorensis. volume 9: page 124 (1978).
Leslie A. Garay (Dec. 1978) Flora of Ecuador: Orchidaceae, in: Opera Botanica, Stockholm: NFR, 305p.
Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador
Inventory of the vascular plants of Maquipucuna, Ecuador
From the Monocot list:
"183. Sobralia klotzscheana Rchb. f.
Sec. for., 1450-2100 m; terr., to 1.5 m, fls. pink or white with pink lip: 27967*, 30451, 30481(?), 30502, 32969. "Maygua" "
Peruvian References:
Club Peruano de Orquideas,
Galería de Orquídeas Peruanas: Sobralia
