| A new species of Phragmipedium andreettae was discovered from northwestern
Ecuador, altitude 500~1000 m and was described in Lankesteriana 6(1): 1-4,
2006. This new species is closely allied to P. fischeri, from which it
differs by the narrow leaves, the pale rose to white flowers, the elliptic
to obovate petals with reflexed margins, the reflexed margin of the dorsal
sepal, the narrower and pale rose lip, and the longer than broad and bifid
staminode. |
| The inflorescence is erect to arching-suberect, 13-16 cmlong, unbranched
or with one branch. Sepals are pale pink. The petals are white and flushed
with pale pink on the back. Dorsal sepal is elliptic, obtuse, 2.1-2.2 x
1.2-1.3 cm. The petals are elliptic to obovate, rounded with a size of
2.4 x 1.6 cm. The lip is urceolate, 2.1 x 1.2-1.4 cm in size. Their habitat
is similar to that of Phrag. fischeri. |
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