Brachystele cyclochila (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1920
Photos by © Ary Mailhos and The I Naturalist Website
TYPE Drawing by © Kraenzlin
Drawing by © Hoehne
Common Name The Circular Lipped Brachystele
Flower Size .08" [2 mm]
Found in Sao Paulo state of Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina as a small to medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with 5, basal leaves that are not present at blooming, giving rise to a terminal, thin, erect, glabrous above stem enveloped by 8, acuminate sheaths that blooms in the winter and spring on an erect, 4" [10 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence.
"This species approaches Brachystele widgrenii until you consider the laer inflorescence and the size of the floral segments. The lip of B cyclochila is three times larger than B widgrenii and the same goes form the sepals and petals.
Schlechter mentions he almost missed the lamina at the apex of the lip so it is not apparent in the drawing by Mansfield.
Synonyms Brachystele cycloglossa (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1920; Brachystele spiranthoides Schltr. ex Mansf. 1928; *Spiranthes cyclochila Kraenzl. 1911
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 46(10): 36 Kraenzlin 1911
Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 46(10): Taf 6 #10 Kraenzlin 1911
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 321 Schlechter 1920 as Brachystele cycloglossa 1920 orth. var.
Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 373 Schlechter 1920
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 243 Mansfield 1928 as Brachystele spiranthoides
Flora Brasilica Vol XII II Hoehne 1945 drawing fide;
Iconographia de Orchidaceas do Brasil Hoehne 1949 drawing fide; Orchidaceae Brasilense Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing ok; Orquideas Da Chapada Diamantina Brito & Cribb 2005;
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