Sobralia chrysostoma Dressler, Orchids 70: 750 (2001). This is endemic to Costa Rica. As I said before, wikipedia says they grow more commonly as terrestrial, but are also found growing as epiphytes. Regards Pankaj
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 5:38 AM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All Members, > > I am posting some photos of an orchid that was recorded from Costa Rica. The > photos were taken by one of friend > > who was on a hiking trip out there. Though this plant has nothing to do with > Indian flora still I will kindly request for > > an identification of this orchid (if possible up to species level). I > personally think this is some species of Cattleya. > > Location: Pitilla Research Station, Guanacaste National park, Guanancaste > Costa Rica. > > Time: 3rd May 2007 > > Altitude: 600m > > Ecosystem: Second growth wet rainforest. > > > > Thanks in advance > > Tanay > > -- > Tanay Bose > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > ta...@interchange.ubc.ca > Webpages: > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
