White curly orchid, Inírida, Colombia

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WildFlower

Lion

It looks strange for an orchid. Posted 8 years ago, modified 8 years ago
1. WildFlower
  
  Lion
  
  Maybe it is a Sobralia liliastrum or Sobralia elisabethae if the latter is accepted as a separate species.
  https://orchid.unibas.ch/index.php/en/?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&SearchResultID=2173168/Sobralia/liliastrum/Lindley_John&setLang=en-GB
  http://www.orchidspecies.com/sobelizabetiae.htm
  https://www.jstor.org/stable/41761784?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
  http://www.sekj.org/PDF/anbf50/anbf50-347.pdf Posted 8 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    It was only guessing for it to be an orchid. It's hard for me to judge which of your suggestions are more likely. To me that 2nd link looks like a good candidate. What do you think? Posted 8 years ago
  2. 1. WildFlower
      
      Lion
      
      I tried to search in other families of monocots but it turned out to be an orchid after all.
      There are two opinions - one that accepts the species complex concept and the other which says they are synonyms. Here's another similar one - look at the description.
      https://www.flickr.com/photos/28895012@N08/3910448733/in/photostream/
      
      According to all the databases only Sobralia liliastrum is an accepted species and Sobralia elisabethae (S. elisabethiae) is a synonym.
      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/87309e8f733f410a8ca083bf78ed1623
      http://www.gbif.org/species/2797435
      http://eol.org/pages/1130577/names/synonyms Posted 8 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Thanks a lot for the excellent sources. I think there's plenty of evidence to go for Sobralia liliastrum. Posted 8 years ago