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Prosthechea fortunae (Dressler) W.E. Higgins, Phytologia 82(5): 377. 1997[1998].

Bas.: Encyclia fortunae Dressler, Orquídea (Mexico City), n.s., 7(4): 359. 1980.

TYPE: Panama. Chiriquí: near Camp Hornito, Fortuna dam site, 82°13 ' W, 8°44 ' N, 1000-1400 m, 27 Sept. 1976; plants grey-green, pendant, sepals and petals pale leaf green, faintly dusky within, lip cream, mid- lobe green, column green, tinged violet above near base, teeth with violet specks and stains, R.L. Dressler 5520 (holotype, US; isotope; PMA; illustration of type; photo of the flower from the plant that served as the holotype).

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