Altensteinia fimbriata Kunth

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Alensteinia sceptrum Reichenbach f.

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Derivation: 'fimbriata' for the fringed margins

Plant: terrestrial, upto 70cm, light-yellowed green leaves in a basal rosette

Flowers: many flowered raceme to 20cm., non-resupinate pale yellowish-green fading to white at the edges, margins of flower parts are ciliate, two pair of elongated pollinia

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Habitat: grasslands or shrubs of the paramo

Comments: can be cultivated in apline conditions

Distribution Range: Venezeula, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

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References:
• Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated ; G.C.K. Dunsterville and Leslie Garay; Andre Deutsch; Vol. VI, pg. 46,47
• Native Ecuadorian Orchids ; Calaway H. Dodson & Rodrigo Escobar; Colina; Vol. I, pg. 46, 47
• Native Columbian Orchids ; Rodrigo Escobar; Colina; Vol. 5, pg. 644, 645

Last Modified: Sunday, August 17, 1997