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Rhynchostele bictoniensis

Botanic Family

Orchidaceae

Author

(Bateman) Soto Arenas & Salazar

Common Names

• Camote de Agua (Guatemala)
• Sets-sish (Guatemala)
• Uch'al Vo' (Tzotzil)
• Zuchzuchjaz (Tzeltal)
• Espuelas Rosadas (Mexico)

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Chiapas
• Hidalgo
• Oaxaca
• Puebla
• Veracruz
• Mexico
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Cloud forest
• scrubland
• sphagnum bogs
• forest

Flowering Times

• All year

Fruiting Times

Robust hemiepiphytic scandent rhizomatous orchid, leaves to 450mm x 50mm, racemes or panicles with mucronate floral bracts to 20mm x 8mm, flowers green with red-brown markings & purple lip, sepals to 29mm x 11mm, petals to 23mm x 8mm, capsule to 44mm x 15mm

Further References

• Icon. Orch.
• The Plant List 2
• Kew