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Orchid Species: Chondrorhyncha rosea
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Chondrorhyncha rosea is an orchid species identified by Lindl. in 1846.
ORIGIN: Found only in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Venezuela in wet montane cloud forests at elevations of 1300 to 2000 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Medium sized, cool growing epiphyte on moss covered branches with a short, pseudobulbless stem carrying 4 to 5, clustered, oblanceolate, acute leaves that have basal sheaths and blooms in the spring on a basal, erect to spreading, slender, 2 3/8 to 3 1/4 [6 to 8 cm] long inflorescence with 3 to 4 basal, elliptical sheathing bracts carrying a single, apical flower.
FLOWER SIZE: 3 3/5 inches [8.5 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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