Restrepia chocoensis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Restrepia
- Species
- Restrepia chocoensis
- Scientific Name
- Restrepia chocoensis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Restrepia chocoensis
Restrepia chocoensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is named for the Department of Chocó, Colombia, where it was discovered.
This rare epiphytic species has only been found on two occasions in the cool, damp montane forests of the Western Cordillera of Colombia at altitudes between 1,800 m to 2,000 m.
This tiny orchid lacks pseudobulbs. The erect, thick, leathery leaf is elliptic-ovate in shape. The aerial roots seem like fine hairs.
The flowers develop one at a time at the base of the leaf. They are borne on a slender peduncle, originating from the base of the back of the leaf. The long dorsal sepal is erect and ends in a somewhat thicker club-shaped tip. They have fused lateral sepals (synsepals), which splits at its end. They are quite colorful : tan overlaid with contrasting reddish-purple spots. The long, lateral petals equally end in a thickened club-shaped tip. The shorter lip is ovoid. It shows the same variations in color and markings.
...Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Restrepia aberrans
- Restrepia antennifera
- Restrepia aristulifera
- Restrepia aspasicensis
- Restrepia brachypus
- Restrepia chameleon
- Restrepia chocoensis
- Restrepia chrysoglossa
- Restrepia citrina
- Restrepia cloesii
- Restrepia cobanensis
- Restrepia condorensis
- Restrepia contorta
- Restrepia cuprea
- Restrepia cymbula
- Restrepia dodsonii
- Restrepia driessenii
- Restrepia echinata
- Restrepia echo
- Restrepia elegans
- Restrepia ephippium
- Restrepia escobariana
- Restrepia falkenbergii
- Restrepia flosculata
- Restrepia fritillina
- Restrepia guttulata
- Restrepia howei
- Restrepia iris
- Restrepia jesupiana
- Restrepia lansbergii
- Restrepia limbata
- Restrepia mayana
- Restrepia mendozae
- Restrepia metae
- Restrepia mohrii
- Restrepia muscifera
- Restrepia nicolasii
- Restrepia nittiorhyncha
- Restrepia pandurata
- Restrepia peetersii
- Restrepia pelyx
- Restrepia persicina
- Restrepia piperitosa
- Restrepia portillae
- Restrepia purpurea
- Restrepia radulifera
- Restrepia renzii
- Restrepia roseola
- Restrepia sanguinea
- Restrepia schizosepala
- Restrepia seketii
- Restrepia tabeae
- Restrepia teaguei
- Restrepia trichoglossa
- Restrepia tsubotae
- Restrepia valverdei
- Restrepia vasquezii
- Restrepia wageneri
