Paphinia herrerae

Taxobox
name = Orchid genus "Paphinia"

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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Orchidaceae
subfamilia = Epidendroideae
tribus = Maxillarieae
subtribus = Stanhopeinae
genus = Paphinia
species = herrerae

About

The classification of this orchid species was published by Calaway H. Dodson in "Icones Plantarum Tropicarum" ser. 2, 6: t. 565. 1989 - Sarasota, FL. Found near Zamora, 1000 m, Zamora-Chinchipe (Ecuador, Western South America, Southern America). Type collection originally made by Dr. Victoria Herrera; flowered in cultivation. The holotype is kept at Herbario Nacional del Ecuador (QCNE). The isotype is kept at Rio Palenque Science Center (RPSC), Ecuador.

Plant Morphology

Description: Epiphyte. Rhizome short. Pseudobulbs appressed, laterrally compressed, narrowly ovate, costate, to 2cm wide and 8cm long, 2 to 30 folite, with 2 to 3 distichous, foliaceous sheaths surrounding the base. Leaves thin, heavily veined on the underside, narrowly ovate, acuminate, to 8cm wide and 32cm long. Infloresence produced from the base of the pseudobulb, pendant, surrounded by 2 to 4 sheaths, 3 to 5-flowered, to 22cm long.

Flower Morphology

References

* International Plant Names Index

External links

* [http://www.ipni.org International Plant Names Index (IPNI)]
* [http://www.worldfulloforchids.nl/P%20herrerae%20IMG_1444.jpg"Paphinia herrerae"]