Porroglossum sijmii Luer

 Porroglossum sijmii Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105: 254 (fig. 13) (2006).

Porroglossum sijmii Luer, Photos by Wiel Driessen

its native range is Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe).

Latinh Name: 

Porroglossum sijmii LuerSynonym:

No

English Name:

Sijm's Porroglossum (Dutch Orchid Enthusiast and discoverer of species current).

Description: 

Pseudobulbs carrying to 3, apical, oblong, apex rounded and emarginate thick and leathery leaf that blooms in the fall on a single, basal, erect, 50 cm and more long inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb with many 50, small, successive opening, musky scented flowers spread out along the leaflike, flattened rachis with dentate edges.

Distribution:

Ecuador.

Ecological:

At elevatins around 2500 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the fall.

Flower size:

9.0 mm.

Cultivation:

Keep plant in partial shade. Plant can be grown in cool to intermediate conditions. Pot the plant in fine bark with perlite or sphagnum moss. Water regularly and keep potting media moist.

Type:

Collector Team:

T.Sijm, A.Sijm et al. 240915

Locality:

Zamora-Chinchipe: near Yangana, c. 2500m

Collection Date:

30 Aug 2004

Type Herbaria:

holotype MO

Distribution Of Types:

Ecuador (Western South America, Southern America)