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Ponthieva collantesii

I got this plant from  Mundiflora  fairly recently (October, 2015) .  When I received it, it was a single growth plant with fruits attached to it (see the photo at the end of this post).  It quickly produced 3 or so new growths, and the original growth seemed to have faded away.  This was supposed to be a much showier species, Ponthieva maculata .  When the flower opened, it was obviously mislabelled.  Flipping through IOSPE, I found that min is very similar to Ponthieva collantesii ( IOSPE link ).  But I'm not 100% sure about the identification yet.  The botanical illustration of this species can be found in Swiss Orchid Foundation ( link ). The shape of the lip seems to be slightly different; in the illustration, the tip of the lip looks very narrow, but my plant (and the photo in IOSPE) has broader/less sharp tips. The lip is the top part in the photo above. According to Tropicos ( link ), this species was originally described by...