Native to Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador
Edited 10 May 2007
Two photos at left of the yellow-flowered form, by Troy Meyers.
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Below, a photomicrograph of Stanhopea florida seed taken from a mature, dry capsule (photo by Lacey Powell, Meyers Conservatory). Seed in center about 1mm long; embryo about 0.02mm long.
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Her comments: "Seed is light yellow to the naked eye, and lightweight and easily becomes airborne. Medium sized seeds are balloons, sometimes curved, and have small sized egg-shaped dense embryos centrally located which are 1/4 the length of the seed. About 91% of seeds appear to have good embryos."
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Stanhopea florida 'Evets' CBR/AOS; AQ 15(3): 91P
Awarded 12 Nov 1983, Southern Regional Monthly Judging, Atlanta. Exhibitor: F.L. Stevenson.
Eleven cream flowers with red flecking on two inflorescences; lip with flecking darker and denser near base; flowers rather closely spaced, petals reflexed into a tail, sepal margins rolled back, texture dull except for waxy lip, substance rubbery. Natural spread of flower 10.9 cm; dorsal sepal 3.2 cm wide, 6.9 cm long; petals 1.7 cm wide, 5.1 cm long; lateral sepals 3.6 cm wide, 6.5 cm long; lip 2.4 cm wide, 5.9 cm long.
Stanhopea florida 'Miguel's Gift' HCC/AOS 75 points
Awarded 20 Sept 2003, Houston Judging Center. Exhibitor: Nina Rach
Five flowers and one bud on one inflorescence. Beige form, Ecuador. OIC #14,377.
Photo at right, by Don Ghiz.
Arcadio Arosemena G., Roberto Estrada G., Cecilia de Jurado, and Max Konanz M. (1988) Orquídeas de la costa del Ecuador, Guayaquil: Asociacion Ecuatoriana de Orquideologia, 129p [p. 155 with photo].
David E. Bennett and Eric A. Christenson (1993?)
Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum. 600 species illustrated in 604 pages, including 5 stanhopeas: Stan. anfracta (Pl. 574); Stan. candida (Pl. 385); Stan. deltoidea (Pl. 575); Stan. florida (Pl. 576); Stan. nigripes (Plate 577).
Calaway H. Dodson (1967) "El genero Stanhopea en Colombia," in: Orquideologia 2(4): 7-27. [Stan. annulata, candida, florida, grandiflora, impressa, jenishiana, oculata, ospinae, platyceras, reichenbachiana, rodigasiana, shuttleworthii, tricornis, tricornis ssp. stenochila, wardii]
Calaway H. Dodson (1975) "Orchids of Ecuador: Stanhopea," in: Selbyana, 1(2): 114-129.
Calaway H. Dodson (1988) "A list of the orchid species reported for Ecuador," in: Orquídeas de la costa del Ecuador, 115-129.
Barney Greer (1998) The Astonishing Stanhopeas, Collaroy Beach, NSW Australia, 92p. [photo].
Rudolf Jenny (Jan-Feb-Mar 1993) "The Genus Stanhopea in Colombia," in: Orchid Digest 57(1):17. [includes: S. annulata, candida, connata, florida, grandiflora, x herrenhusana, impressa, jenischiana, oculata, ospinae, platyceras, pulla, reichenbachiana, rodigasiana, shuttleworthii, tricornis, wardii]
Rudolf Jenny (Dec. 2003) "The Genus Stanhopea. Part 1: S. anfracta to S. napoensis," in: Caesiana no. 21, Supplement. 200 color photos, 160 p., Italian/English, covers 32 species.
Eduard August von Regel (1883) "Stanhopea florida," in: Gartenflora
H. Gustav Reichenbach (1879) Stanhopea florida, in: Gardeners' Chronicle 12: 615. [type publication]
H. Gustav Reichenbach (1881) Stanhopea florida, in: Gardeners' Chronicle [further discussion, with two illustrations].
Norris H. Williams (1982) "The biology of orchids and euglossine bees," in: J. Arditti, Orchid Biology, Reviews and Perspectives, II, pp. 119-171. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. [Acineta; Cirrhaea; Gongora; Houlletia; Lacaena; Peristeria; Polycycnis; Schlimia; Sievekingia; Stanhopea annulata, candida, cirrhata, connata, costaricensis, ecornuta, embreei, florida, frymirei, gibbosa, grandiflora, impressa, jenishiana, oculata, reichenbachiana, saccata, tigrina, tricornis, wardii, warscewicziana]
Stanhopea florida from the collection of the Botanical Gardens and Arboretum, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry Brno, Czech Republic.
