Prosthechea fragrans (Prosthechea fragrans)

Prosthechea fragrans (Orchidaceae) Pozuzo, Pasco, Peru. Sep 10, 2022 Geotagged,Peru,Prosthechea fragrans,Winter

Naming

Synonyms:
Anacheilium fragrans (Sw.) Acuña
Encyclia fragrans (Sw.) Dressler
Epidendrum cochleatum Curtis, sensu auct.
Epidendrum fragrans Sw.
Epidendrum fragrans var. ionoleucum (Hoffmanns. ex Rchb.f.) Barb.Rodr.
Epidendrum fragrans var. magnum Stein
Epidendrum fragrans var. pachypus Schltr.
Epidendrum ionoleucum Hoffmanns. ex Rchb.f.
Epidendrum lineatum Salisb.
Epidendrum vaginatum Sessé & Moc.

Prosthechea o Encyclia_fragrans This orchid grows in some of our Güitite trees. It has an intense vanilla'ish fragrance!
Special hint for Ferdie (http://www.jungledragon.com/user/2/fchristant.html)
this is where the Venus 15 mm shines, orchid AND hostplant in a macro.

For the ID I have used this VERY good library (hint :) )
http://sura.ots.ac.cr/florula4/find_sp2.php?customer=Prosthechea+fragrans&busca=Buscar click on imagenes for this one and all the other orchids Acnistus arborescens,Costa Rica,Encyclia Frangans,Fall,Geotagged,LensTagger,Prosthechea fragrans,güitite,orchid,orquidea

Distribution

COS; CUB; DOM; GUA; GUY; HAI; HON; JAM; MXS; NIC; PAN; TRT; VNA; WIN

References:

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http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2015/details/species/id/088cd572aba36c33101bda3835d15490

Taxonomy
Kingdom	Plantae
Division	Angiosperms
Class	Monocots
Order	Asparagales
Family	Orchidaceae
Genus	Prosthechea
Species	Prosthechea fragrans

Photographed in
Costa Rica
Peru