Sumaco-Galeras National Park (460 km N of Tapichalaca)
Form E from the Galeras Mountains.
Lateral view of Form E from Galeras.
The Galeras Mountains, just south of Volcan Sumaco, are poorly known peaks rich in new orchid species. However, their Lepanthes flora is depauperate, because they just barely reach good elevations for Lepanthes. I only found one form of L. nummularia there, and it is the same as Form E from Banos, La Bonita and Paute-Mendez.

 

 

 

Contents

Introduction and Tapichalaca Forms of Lepanthes nummularia

Forms from the Paute-Mendez Road (230 km N of Tapichalaca)

Forms from Banos (370 km N of Tapichalaca)

Forms from Sumaco-Galeras National Park (460 km N of Tapichalaca)

Forms from La Bonita, near Colombian border (550 km N of Tapichalaca)

Forms from Los Cedros, in the western Andes (530 km N of Tapichalaca)

Conclusions