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Psittacoglossum cedralense is an orchid species identified by (J.T.Atwood & Mora-Ret.) Szlach. & Sitko in 2012. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Maxillaria cedralensis.
ORIGIN: Found only in San Jose Province in Costa Rica at elevations around 2000 to 1500 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Small to just medium sized, cool growing epiphyte with ovate, compressed pseudobulbs, enveloped basally by inarticulate, triangular, nonfolioaceous sheaths, and carrying a single, apical, erect, narrowly elliptic leaf that blooms in the spring on a slightly fractiflex, 3.2 to 4 [8 to 10 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence enveloped completely by bracts and having floral bracts that are longer than the ovary.
FLOWER SIZE: 1.2 inches [3 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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