Crossoglossa fratrum (Schltr.) Dressler ex Dodson 1993

Photo by Bogarin © and The Epidendra Website

Full shade Cool LATERSpring

Common Name The Brotherly Crossoglossa

Flower Size .08" [2 mm]

Found in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama at elevations of 1400 to 1500 meters as a large sized, cool growing terrestrial the blooms in the later spring

Synonyms *Liparis fratrum Schltr. 1923

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19: 92. 1923 as Liparis fratrum; *Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 1 Dressler/Dodson 1993 as Crossoglossa fratra; Orquideologa Vol 20 #3 1997 photo fide; Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Hammel, Grayum, Herrera and Zamora 2003 drawing fide; Vanishing Beauty; Native Costa Rican Orchids Vol 1 Pupulin 2005 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 1 2006 photo fide; Lankesteriana 19(3) 2019 as Liparis fratumdrawing fide

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