Occurrence

Croat, T 95011

Sobralia Ruiz & Pav.

2/18/2004

Ecuador

This occurrence of Sobralia Ruiz & Pav. (Croat, T 95011) was collected on 2/18/2004 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 6 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

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Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Sobralia

Authorship

Ruiz & Pav.

Scientific Name ID

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Record Number

Croat, T 95011

Collection Date

2/18/2004

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Remarks

Terrestrial to 2 m long, on steep bank; sepals and lateral petals green, tinged with yellow-orange; lip white, heavily tinged with violet-purple with 3 ribs medially, base of lip greenish yellow with violet-purple spots; scent pungent not sweet, hawk moth scent.

Geographic Information

Country

Ecuador

State/Province

Carchi

Coordinates

0.802222, -77.929167

Location

Ecuador, Carchi

Location Remarks

Paramo del Angel, along road from El Chical to Tulcán, 68.1 km E of El Chical, 13.6 km W of Tufiño plaza. 3200 m elev.

Collection Location

No publications are associated with this occurrence.