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Phragmipedium caudatum var. exstaminodium (Castano, Hagsater, & Aguirre) <combination never made>

• Described: Castano, Hagsater, & Aguirre in Orquidea (Mexico) 9(29): 19 (1984)
• Transferred: <never made>
• Etymology: Name derived from the bloom's most distinctive morphological feature, its missing staminode.
• Varieties & Forms: none
• Synonyms: none
• Chromosome Count: unknown

Plant Habit

• Leaves: up to 45 cm long, ~ 4 cm wide, plain green
• Inflorescence: 2-3 flowered, up to 50 cm long, peduncle green, finely pubescent
• Bloom: staminode absent, autogamous, otherwise similar to Phrag. caudatum var. warscewiczianum
  
• Plant:
  

Habitat Data

• Distribution: found only in Chiapas, Mexico
  
• Elevation: 1350-1700 m
• Peak Flowering in the Wild: May-July
• Ecology: wet oak-conifer forest
• Mean Temperature Range: 16-21°C
• Light: moderate shade
• Medium: found clinging to the bark of trees 1-4 m above the ground
• Water: constant moisture

Notes:

• At some point during bud development or anthesis, the pollenia come in contact with the stigmatic surface, causing the blooms to self-pollinate.

Sources:

• Dressler, R.L. "La Chinela, Alive & Well in Western Panama: Notes on the Panamanian Long-Tailed Phragmipedium." Orchid Digest 69, no. 2 (Apr/Jun 2005): 86-91.
• McCook, Lucile M. "Systematics of Phragmipedium (Cypripedioideae; Orchidaceae)," Ph.D. dissertation, Cornell University, 1989.

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