Zygostates pellucida Rchb.f.

 Zygostates pellucida Rchb.f., Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 6(4): 564 (1863).

Zygostates pellucida Rchb.f., Photo by Jody Cutajar

Zygostates pellucida Rchb.f., Video by Jody Cutajar

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym Name: 

Dipteranthus pellucidus (Rchb.f.) Cogn.

Dipteranthus pseudobulbifer (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr.

Ornithocephalus pseudobulbifer Barb.Rodr.

English Name:

The Transparent Zygostates

Description: 

Distribution:

Brazil South, Brazil Southeast

Ecological:

Hot to warm growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Bloom at most any time of the year.

Flower size:

8 mm

Cultivation:

Type:

s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil; K000913731; lectotype

Ref:

orchidspecies.com

ipni.org

powo.science.kew.org

orchids.fandom.com 

orchids.org