Anacheilium glumaceum (Lindl.) Pabst, Moutinho ex A.V. Pinto 1981
Photo by © Helmut Bechtel
Photo by © Lourens Grobler
Drawing By © Chiron
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Common Name The Chaffy Anacheilium [refers to the chaffelike spathes enclosing the floral parts]
Flower Size to about 2" [ to about 5 cm]
Found in central coastal to southern coastal Brazil at elevations around 50 meters as a small sized, hot growing epiphyte with flat and narrow pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3 apical leaves that blooms on an erect, 6" [15 cm] long, densly 6 to 12 flowered inflorescence with a brown, prominent spathe surrounding the peduncle and inverted, fragrant flowers occuring in the summer and fall.
The synonym Encyclia almasii is found in Brazil and is generally larger, has 2 to 3 leaves, 8 to 15 more ornamental flowers that are presented differently.
Synonyms Aulizeum glumaceum [Lindley] Lindley ex Stein 1892; Encyclia almasii [Hoehne] Pabst 1967; Encyclia almasyi [Hoehne] Pabst 1967; Encyclia glumacea (Lindl.) Pabst 1972; Epidendrum almasii Hoehne 1947; Epidendrum almasyi Hoehne 1947; Epidendrum glumaceum Lindl. 1839; Epidendrum glumaceum var. majus Hoehne 1947; Hormidium almasii (Hoehne) Brieger 1960; Hormidium glumaceum (Lindl.) Brieger 1960; Prosthechea glumacea [Lindl.] Higgins 1997
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Edwards's Bot. Reg. 25(Misc.): 38 Lindley 1839 as Epidendrum glumaceum;
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as Epidendrum glumaceum photo ok;
Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Epidendrum glumaceum drawing fide;
The Genus Epidendrum Ames 1936 as Epidendrum glumaceum;
Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 2: 84 Hoehne 1947 as Epidendrum almasii;
Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., 2: 85 Hoehne 1947 as Epidendrum glumaceum var majus;
Publ. Ci. Inst. Genét. Esc. Super. Agric. Luis de Queiroz 1: 19 Brieger 1960 as Hormidium glumaceum;
Publ. Ci. Inst. Genét. Esc. Super. Agric. Luis de Queiroz 1: 19 Brieger 1960 as Hormidium almasii;
Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Epidendrum glumaceum;
Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 29: 276 Pabst 1967 publ. 1972 as Encyclia glumacea;
Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 29: 276 Pabst 1967 publ. 1972 as Encyclia almasii;
Orcidaceae Brasilensis Pabst & Dungs 1972 as Epidendrum glumaceum;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 9 513 - 576 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 as Hormidium glumaceum photo ok;
* Bradea 3: 183 Pabst, Moutinho & A.V.Pinto 1981;
Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb, Laurent 1992 as Encyclia glumacea;
Orchids Travel By Air A Pictoral Safari Mulder, Mulder-Roelfsema and Schuiteman 1990 as Encyclia glumacea photo fide;
Manual of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb, & Launert 1992 as Encyclia glumacea photo fide;
Phytologia 82: 378 W E Higgins 1997 publ. 1998 as Prosthechea glumaceum;
The Cattleyas and Their Relatives, the Debateable Epidendrum Withner and Harding 2004 photo fide;
Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glenn 2002 as Protheschea glumacea;
Orchidees Du Bresil As Orchideas da Serra Do Castello Vol 3 Chiron & Bolsanello 2013 as Prosthechea glumacea drawing/photo fide;
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