Sophronitis grandiflora Lindl.

, Sert. Orchid. pt. 1: t. 5, fig. 2 (1837).
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IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30278530-2
Publication
Sertum Orchidaceum, a wreath of the most beautiful orchidaceous flowers. London
Collation
pt. 1: t. 5, fig. 2
Date of Publication
Sep 1837
Family as entered in IPNI
Orchidaceae

Type Information

Locality
epiphyte, found in Brazil by M. Descourtilz, upon the high mountains thai separate the district of Banana! from that of Ilha Grande. It grows there in abundance upon fallen and decaying trees; its scentless flowers appear in June.
Distribution Of Types
Brazil (Southern America)

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Hybrid Parent of
Epiphronitis × veitchii Mast., Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 7(183): 799 (1890).
Hybrid Parent of
Epiphronitis × veitchii L.Castle, J. Hort. Cottage Gard. ser. 3, 21: 513, fig. 68 (1890), isonym.