Stanhopea shuttleworthii photo by Kelvin Bush

Original publication: Gardeners' Chronicle 5:795. 1876.

This is a rather rare species, endemic to Colombia. Plants were recently offered for sale by several Colombian vendors at the Redlands Festival, Florida, May 2008. See photo below left.

Flowers are yellow with red markings. This species grows in intermediate conditions.

There is a research project currently underway in the Biotechnology department at the University of Pamplona, Colombia, directed by Martha Patricia Ochoa. It involves "vegetative" in vitro propagation of Stanhopea shuttleworthii.

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Photos below were kindly provided by Dr. Gunther Gerlach, Munich Arboretum.

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The image at left depicts a 19th century chromolithograph from Volume 1, Series 1, Pl. 77 in the publication "Reichenbachia" --
Tab 35 STANHOPEA SHUTTLEWORTHII
Joseph Mansell Chromolithograph 1892
Plate Markings Joseph Mansell Del Et Lith - London W.C.
Signed in Image "H.G. Moon".
Page approx. 14 1/2" X 20 1/2".

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This species depicted on stamps:

1985/07/02 Guyana, Stanhopea shuttleworthii, $1.50 [441]
Reichenbachia set, Part 2, plate 35.1

1987/12/16 Belize, Stanhopea shuttleworthii, Sheetlet/ 1 Label [35/1} [647a]
Two stamps each of #647 thru #653.

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Printed References:

Kenneth J. Curry, Lorraine M. McDowell, Walter S. Judd, & William Louis Stern (May 1991) "Osmophores, Floral Features, and Systematics of Stanhopea (Orchidaceae)," in: American Journal of Botany 78(5): 610-623. "The floral fragrance glands (osmophores) of 18 species of Stanhopea and Sievekingia were examined through a series of developmental studies at light and electron microscope levels including late bud stages through postanthesis." [Sievekingia; Stanhopea anfracta, annulata, candida, ecornuta, gibbosa, martiana, oculata, pulla, radiosa, ruckeri, saccata, shuttleworthii, tigrina, vasquezii, and wardii] Link to abstract: http://www.botany.org/ajb/00029122_di001922.php

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]

Rodrigo Escobar R., ed. (1992) Native Colombian Orchids, Volume 4; Porroglossum - Zygosepalum. Medellin: Compania Litografica Nacional S.A., pp.546-553.

Rodrigo Escobar R., ed. (1998) Native Colombian Orchids, Volume 6: Supplement Leucohyle-Zootrophion. Medellin: Compania Litografica Nacional S.A., pp. 847-1069. [pp. 1022-1033: Stan. cf. costaricensis, ospinae, stevensonii, wardii, jenischiana, posadae, shuttleworthii, candida, annulata, pulla, avicula, tricornis, impressa, xherrenhusana, reichenbachiana]

Gardeners' Chronicle: 5:795 (1876) [Stanhopea shuttleworthii].

Rudolf Jenny (Jan-Feb-Mar 1993) "The Genus Stanhopea in Colombia," in: Orchid Digest 57(1): 17. [S. annulata, candida, connata, florida, grandiflora, x herrenhusana, impressa, jenischiana, oculata, ospinae, platyceras, pulla, reichenbachiana, rodigasiana, shuttleworthii, tricornis, wardii] - color photo on p. 25.

Rudolf Jenny (Dec. 1993) "The Genus Stanhopea," in: AOS Bull. 62(12): 1271-1277; includes the very useful 'Preliminary List of Stanhopea Species'. [photos of: Stan. shuttleworthii, hernandezii, jenischiana x connata, eccornuta, deltoidea, connata, candida, tricornis; Embreea rodigasiana; Stan. Mem. Paul Allen]

Pedro Ortiz V., Alfonso Martinez M., and Guillermo Misas U. (1982) Orquideas Ornamentales de Colombia (Ornamental Orchids of Colombia), Bogota: Carlos Valencia Editores. [Stan. connata, platyceras, reichenbachiana, rodigasiana, shuttleworthii, wardii]

Reichenbach (1876) "Stanhopea shuttleworthii," in: Gardener's Chronicle I. 795. [type publication]

Web References:

International Plant Names Index [IPNI], www.ipni.org.

Current research project in the Biotechnology department at the University of Pamplona, Colombia: "Propagación in vitro de anguloa sp y stanhopea schttleworthii en la provincia de Pamplona." [Propagation in vitro of anguloa sp and Stanhopea schttleworthii [ibid.] in the province of Pamplona]
Director: Martha Patricia Ochoa. http://www.unipamplona.edu.co/upw_htm/upw_inv_pro.htm

See also: "PROPAGACIÓN VEGETATIVA "IN VITRO" DE Anguloa sp y Stanhopea shuttleworthii EN LA PROVINCIA DE PAMPLONA." http://www.unipamplona.edu.co/upw_htm/upw_inv_inv_ins.htm

Photo at Bergstrom Orchids site.