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Stanhopea embreei produces some impressive flowers -carrot colored and nearly four inches across. The inflorescence is magnificent. And the fragrance is pure methyl cinnamate -like fresh strawberries.
S. embreei has almost the same fragrance as two closely related species,
S. jenischiana and
S. frymirei, with whom it shares a pollinator. The three species are separated by geography and elevation, according to Rudolf Jenny in his
Stanhopea monograph in the journal
Casesiana.
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The lip and column after the petals and sepals have been removed |
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Lip minus column. The hypochile (top of the hourglass) is broader in embreei than in jenichiana |
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The ventral surface of the lip |
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The column has broad wings |
Stanhopea embreei grows as an epiphyte at intermediate elevations on the western slopes of the Andes in Ecuador and Peru.
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