Scaphosepalum hirtzii Luer

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Orchid Species: Scaphosepalum hirtzii

(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)

Scaphosepalum hirtzii is an orchid species identified by Luer in 1980.

Genus

Scaphosepalum (Sppm.)

Grex

hirtzii
(name currently accepted by Kew)

Parents

Species

Author

Luer

Year

1980

ORIGIN: Found in Ecuador at elevations of 1500 to 2200 meters in wet cloud forests.

DESCRIPTION: Small sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with erect, slender ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 tubular sheaths carrying a single apical, erect, thinly coriaceous, acute, long petiolate leaf that is cuneate below into the slender, channeled petiole and blooms in the spring to summer on a sublax, ascending to horizontal, successively single flowered, 8 [20 cm] long, slender, smooth inflorescence ariaing from low on the ramicaul and carrying thin tubular floral bracts. The flower shape of this species is unique in the genus giving the flower a tongue with muskox horns-like appearance that closes off the column from pollinators so they must force their way through.

FLOWER SIZE: 3/4 inch [2 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).

https://www.orchids.org/grexes/scaphosepalum-hirtzii

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