Gomesa blanchetii (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Minas Gerais

• Locality

  Serra do Itabirito, ca. 45 km S.E. of Belo Horizonte.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1500 m. (4921 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -20.2, -43.8

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  10000

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of the Planalto do Brasil
Serra do Espinhaso
W$39 Oncidium blanchetii Rchb.f.
Det. by G. Pabst, 1969
Terrestrial, the inflorescence to ca. 2ia
tall. Perianth yellow, spotted brownish
violet at base within* Steep rocky slopes,
Serrado Itabarito, Minas Gerais, ca. Ij5kra
S.E. of Belo Horizonte, elevation ca. 1^00
m.
H. S. Irwin, H. Maxwell,
D. C. Wasshausen
7 February 1968
Field work conducted with the collaboration of the Universidade de Brasilia,
Instituto Agronómico do Norte, and the Ministerio da Agricultura. Suppoited in
part by funds from the National Science Foundation.
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