Rio Bravo Reserve

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Growing on a rock bluff, 1400m, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

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I can't get the uploader to load this image so hope this link works.

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Oh well, didn't work so first image will have to do. Second image shows leaf.

[Roberta]

Try again in a little while - the site seems very slow right now.

[Louis_W]

My best guess: Ida fimbriata. Seems like the internet uses ida, lycaste and sudamerlycaste interchangably for this species but iNaturalist uses Ida

Its tough to tell exactly but the bracts on the flower stem match as well and the range checks out.

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Once again thank you so much Louis. You nailed it. IOSPE describes it growing on rocky soil in river canyons, exact circumstances of this find. Yes the photo doesn't give the best view. It was taken from many meters below with a telephoto lens.

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To complete the post here is the whole plant.