Sobralia decora

Beautiful Sobralia

Sobralia decora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Arethuseae
Subtribe:	Sobraliinae
Genus:	Sobralia
Species:	S. decora
Binomial name
*Sobralia decora* Bateman
Synonyms
Cattleya decora (Bateman) Beer Sobralia sessilis Lindl. Sobralia fenzliana Rchb.f. Cattleya sessilis (Lindl.) Beer Sobralia panamensis Schltr. Sobralia panamensis var. albiflos Schltr. Sobralia neglecta Schltr.

Sobralia decora, commonly known as the Beautiful Sobralia, is a species of orchid.

Note on sp. name and synonyma

There has been a lot of confusion and dubious determinations of this species in the 19th century, see the text in:

Curtis's botanical magazine vol. 120 (ser. 3 no. 50) tab. 7376: (http://www.botanicus.org/page/453767)
Biologia Centrali-Americana :zoology, botany and archaeology /edited by Frederick Ducane Godman and Osbert Salvin, vol. 3 page 295. (http://www.botanicus.org/page/598626)

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