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Collector Holm-Nielsen, L. B.
Number 6365
Collected with Jeppesen, S. & Lojtnant, B. & Ollgaard, B.
Country Ecuador
Subpart IMBABURA
County  
Locality Laguna Cuicocha, crater lake 30 km W of Ibarra. Steep slopes around the lake and on the smaller island in the lake.
Coordinates 0° 18' N 78° 22' W
Minimum elevation (m) 3100
Maximum elevation (m) 3100
Start date 1973/05/24
End date 1973/05/24
Family Orchidaceae
Identification Masdevallia coriacea subsp. bonplandii (Rchb. f.)Luer
Determined by C.H. Dodson (MO), 1991.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Terrestrial, in big tufts, exposed on a dry, steep, rocky, slope. Sepals greenish, especially the ventral ones more or less purple tinted. All sepals more or less strongly dark purplespotted and striped. Flowers scentless. Petioles and leaves purplespotted on the lowers part. Lateral petals pale green with one median dark purplebrown stripe. Lip dark purplered.

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