Native to Ecuador and Peru
Edited 15 May 2007
The type for this species was found in the Morona-Santiago Province of Amazonian Ecuador, presumably from 500-1000 m altitude.
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Stanhopea pozoi 'Barrick' CBR/AOS [provisional], awarded 9 March 2003 at the Cherry City Orchid Society Show, Salem, Oregon [Pacific Northwest Judging Center team]. Owners: Judy and Brad Barrick, Barrick Orchids, Oregon City, Oregon. - BUT... this plant was ultimately identified as Stanhopea peruviana.
Printed References:
Dodson, C. H. & D. E. Bennett, Jr. (1989) "Orchids of Peru," in: Icones Plantarum Tropicarum Series II. Fascicle 1--2: 1--200.
Rudolf Jenny (1999) "The Gongorinae: 7. Stanhopea: part 19," in: Caesiana no. 12, pp. 11-20. [Stanhopea anfracta and Stan. pozoi]
Roger Williams (Nov. 1999) "Growing Orchids in the Southern Hemisphere," in: Orchids 68(11): 1140-1145. [Cool-house: Stanhopea anfracta, connata, tigrina; Intermediate-house: Stan. pozoi, warscewicziana; Warm-house: Stan. candida, grandiflora, napoensis, tricornis]
Web References:
International Plant Names Index [IPNI],
www.ipni.org.
Missouri Botanical Garden,
Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador [CVPE] [Stanhopea anfracta, annulata, candida, carchiensis, connata, embreei, florida, frymirei, impressa, jenishiana, napoensis, pozoi, tricornis, x thienii]
New York Botanical Garden,
Flora of Parque Nacional Amboro-Liliopsida [Stanhopea candida, hajekii, pozoi, vasquezii]
Stanhopea pozoi -- Photo by Bill Bergstrom.
"Growing Orchids in the Southern Hemisphere" - article published in Orchids magazine by Roger Williams (American Orchid Society website).
