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Orchid Species: Miltoniopsis warszewiczii
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Miltoniopsis warszewiczii is an orchid species identified by (Rchb.f.) Garay & Dunst. in 1976.
ORIGIN: Found in Costa Rica, Panama and Choco' and Antioquia departments of Colombia in lower montane cloud forests high in the crowns of trees at elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Medium sized, cool growing epiphyte occurring on leguminous trees with ovoid-ellipsoid, apically unifoliate pseudobulbs subtended with 4 to 6 foliaceous bracts with oblong-elliptic leaves that blooms in the fall and spring on a lateral, bracteate, 3 to 5 flowered, 1' [30 cm] long, racemose inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb.
FLOWER SIZE: 2 1/2 inches [6.5 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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