Collection Details

Species: Notylia sp. jeh212

Orchidaceae Notylia sp. jeh212
J. E. Householder , Angel Balarezo Mozambite, Javier Huinga Maceda 933


Collection Date: 3 October 2009
Determined By: E. A. Christenson
Determination Date: 24 January 2011
Institution: BRIT-Peru

Locality

Continent: South America

Country: Peru

Region: Madre de Díos

Subregion: Tambopata

Closest Town: Puerto Maldonado

Locality Description: Careterra Cusco Km 37.5 - Comunidad Mercedes. Aguajal Mercedes.

DD Latitude: -12.695

DD Longitude: -69.4693

Coordinate uncertainty: 1000 m

Elevation: 200-250 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Swamp habitat dominated by Mauritia flexuosa.

Soil Description: Soils paritially decomposed organic material to mucky; always dark, deep, and acidic. Completley saturated, water flow minimal.

Habitat: Aguajal Wetland

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Epiphyte. Flowers yellowish with orange mottles. Lip spade shaped. Column white. In long racemes that hang down. Flowers not resupinate. Difficult to grow in viviero.

Habit: Epiphyte

Other Data

Research Site: Aguajal Mercedes

Project: Aguajal Project