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Collector Holm-Nielsen, L. B.
Number 3784
Collected with Jeppesen, S. & Lojtnant, B. & Ollgaard, B.
Country Ecuador
Subpart ZAMORA-CHINCHIPE
County  
Locality Road Loja - Zamora, km 54. Steep clayey slopes with scattered shrub vegetation and dense herb cover.
Coordinates 4° 2' S 78° 59' W
Minimum elevation (m) 1300
Maximum elevation (m) 1300
Start date 1973/04/18
End date 1973/04/18
Family Orchidaceae
Identification Elleanthus sphaerocephalus Schltr.
Determined by C.H. Dodson (MO), 1991.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Terrestrial, growing tufted and sunexposed. Sepals and the upper bracts purple-red. Petals paler than sepals. Gynostemium white. A lot of "jelly" in the mature inflorescence.

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