Psychilis atropurpurea (Willd.) Sauleda

in Phytologia, 65(1): 6 (1988).

Synonymes

Encyclia atropurpurea (Willd.) Schltr. in Orchideen. 208 (1914).

Encyclia macrochyla Neuman in Rev. Hortic. Ser. 2. 4. 137 (1845).

Epidendrum atropurpureum Willd. in Sp. Pl. 4: 115 (1805). (basionyme)

Epidendrum duboisianum A.Rich. in Sagra. Hist. Cub. 11: 339 (1850).

Epidendrum macrochilum var. roseum Bateman in Orch. Mex. Et. Guatem. 17 (1839).

Répartition

Hispaniola.

Floraison : __MA__JASOND. Altitude de 0 à 1100 m.

Description sommaire

Plante épiphyte. Taille de 30 à 75 cm. 2 feuilles, de 150-480 × 20-35 mm, lancéolées, linéaires, coriaces. Pétales en spatule, de 25-35 × 9-15 mm. Labelle trilobé.

Bibliographie

Ames & Correll. Orchids of Guatemala and Belize. Dover Publications, New-York. 1985. Page 307. Dessin.

Schultes. Native orchids of Trinidad and Tobago. Pergamon Press. 1960. Page 131.

Mark Nir. Orchidaceae Antillanae. DAG Media Publishing. 2000. Page 325.

Carl L. Withner. The Cattleyas and their relatives. Volume IV. Timber Press. 1996. Page 92. Photo, dessin.

James D. Ackerman. Orchid Flora of the Greater Antilles. The New York Botanical Garden Press. 2014. Page 454.