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Racinaea penduliflora Gouda & Manzan.

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 58(4): 156-158 (2008)

Type: Robin B. Foster 9043 (holotype: MO), PERU, Pasco, Cerro Pajonal “Chacos”, 12 km al SE de Oxapampa, Cordillera Yanachaga, Oxapampa, 10o35́S 75o20́ W, Alt. 2700-2800 m, 7 Oct. 1982.

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Distribution: PERU; Pasco, Cuzco

Habitat: epiphyte in misty, cloudy and cool montane forest at the Amazonian side of the Andes, 2100-3000 m. Elev.

Etymology: Pendula=hanging, flora=flower. A typical aspect of this species is the pendent spikes and flowers, which is rare in Racinaea. Especially the first flowers in a spike are strongly downwardly secund, the ones toward the apex are downward (pendent) because of the pendent curving spike.

Racinaea penduliflora