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Predatory-beast orchid

Scaphosepalum ochthodes

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Field Notes

Description:

very small less than half cm., im sire that is an orchid, and it looks like a open mouth with fangs

Habitat:

4600 m over sea level, paramus, ground orchid in fact it was growing on a rock.

Species ID Suggestions

Predatory-beast orchid

Scaphosepalum ochthodes

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Comments (3)
Machi
Wow! Looks like a snake with its fangs exposed

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Flowers of South America
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BIOPAR: Biodiversidad en Paramos
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Orchids of the Americas
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Colombian biodiversity
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedApril 24, 2014

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