Ornithocephalus cochleariformis C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 4: 124 (1937).
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| Ornithocephalus cochleariformis C.Schweinf., Photo by Ernesta Mon'Bark |
its native range is Panama to NW. Colombia.
Latinh Name:
Ornithocephalus cochleariformis C.Schweinf.
Family:
Orchidaceae Juss.
Synonym:
No synonyms are recorded for this name.
English Name:
The Shell-Shaped Lip Ornithocephalus.
Description:
With a fan of narrowly elloiptic-oblong to broadly ensiform, acute to obliquely acute, articulate below into the oblong, persistent, conduplicate base leaves that blooms in the in the winter and spring on an erect, 12 cm long, racemose few to several flowered inflorescence.
Distribution:
Colombia, Panamá.
Ecological:
At altitudes of 600 to 1000 meters as a mini-miniature to small sized, warm growing epiphyte.
Flowering times:
Blooms in the winter and spring.
Flower size:
6.0 mm.
Cultivation:
Plants should be grown in shady conditions with intermediate to warm temperatures. Plants do best mounted on cork or tree fern fibers and prefer to be dried out between waterings.
Type:
Hunter, A.A. [383], Panama K000586666 isotype
Distribution Of Types:
Panama (Central America, Southern America)
Reference:
- theplantlist.org
- orchidspecies.com
- ipni.org
- powo.science.kew.org
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