| Collector | Holm-Nielsen, L. B. |
| Number | 5450 |
| Collected with | Jeppesen, S. & Lojtnant, B. & Ollgaard, B. |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | CARCHI |
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| Locality | Páramo El ángel, in the pass on road El ángel-Tulcán. Very humid Espeletia-paramo. |
| Coordinates | 77° 54' N 0° 41' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 3750 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 3850 |
| Start date | 1973/05/15 |
| End date | 1973/05/15 |
| Family | Orchidaceae |
| Identification | Pterichis barbifrons (KrŠnzl.)Schltr. |
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| Field notes | Terrestrial, exposed in paramo. Sepals yellowish green, and especially the ventral one brownish tinted and especially at the base. The apical part of the tepals yellow. Petals yellowish brown and strongly, darkly veined. |
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