Elleanthus aurantiacus (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1862 SUBGENUS Amethetinoidaea Szlach & Dudek 2023

Photo by © Jay Pfahl

Flower Closeup

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Drawing Drawing by © A Dunsterville and Garay

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Common Name The Orange Elleanthus

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Caqueta, Caldas, Risaralda, Cauca, Nariño and Putumayo departments of Colombia, Trujillo state of Venezuela, El Oro and Morona-Santiago provinces of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia on rocky slopes, cliffs and clay banks at elevations of 800 to 3700 meters as a small to giant sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial or occasional epiphyte with a frequently branched stem carrying variable, lanceolate, mucronate, coriaceous, plicate, basally clasping leaves, that can bloom at any time of the year on a terminal, to 4" [to 10 cm] long inflorescence with ovate, lanceolate, acute to abruptly subacuminate, shorter than the flowers floral bracts and carrying a few to many successive flowers.

The first photo is of a plant located in Cundinamarca Colombia at an elevation of 3100 meters as a small sized, terrestrial blooming in the spring.

Synonyms Elleanthus hoppii Schltr. 1924; *Evelyna aurantiaca Lindl. 1844;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Pl. Hartw.: 149 Lindl. 1845 as Evelyna aurantiaca

Orchid. Linden.: 10 Lindley 1846 as Evelyna bractescens

Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 709 Lindley 1852 as Evelyna lindenii ;

Bonplandia Rchb.f 1854 as Evelyna lindenii var cymbibractea;

Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 477 Rchb.f 1862 as E lindenii;

Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 477 Rchb.f 1862 as E lindenii var cymbibracteata;

*Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 482 Rchb.f 1863;

Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 8: 37 Schlechter Ecuador 1921;

Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 9: 44 Peru Schlechter 1921 as E bractescens;

Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 9: 45 Peru Schlechter 1921 as E cajamarcae;

Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 27: 15 Beitrage Zur Orchideenkunde Von Colombia 27:15 Schlechter 1924 as E hoppii;

Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43 Hoehne 1945;

Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43 Hoehne 1945 as E bractescens;

Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43 Hoehne 1945 as E cajamarcae;

Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43 Hoehne 1945 as E hoppii;

Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43 Hoehne 1945 as E lindenii;

The Orchids of Panama L.O. Williams & P Allen 1946;

AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 6 1958;

Orchids of Peru Vol 1 Schweinfurth 1958;

Orchids of Peru Vol 1 Schweinfurth 1958 as E bractescens;

Venezuelan Orchids Vol 4 Dunsterville & Garay 1966 drawing ok;

Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 1 1969 drawing ok;

Flora of Ecuador No 9 225[1] Garay 1978 drawing fide;

Orchids of Venezuela An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing ok;

Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 807 Dodson 1983 drawing hmm;

Selbyana Vol 10 Orchids of Central America Hamer 1988 drawing hmm;

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1992 photo fide;

Field Guide to the Orchids of Costa Rica and Panama Dressler 1993;

Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995;

Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 1 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing ok;

Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 2 Dodson 2001 drawing ok;

Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Hammel, Grayum, Herrera and Zamora 2003;

Orquideas Nativas del Tachira Cesar Fernandez 2003 as E auranthiacus photo fide;

Orchids of Bolivia Vol 2 Laelinae Vasquez and Ibisch 2004 photo fide;

Australian Orchid Review Vol 73 No 2 2008 photo;

Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko Bermudez 2009 photo fide;

Orchids of Costa Rica Vol 2 Morales 2009 photo fide;

Flora of Ecuador No 87 225[3] Orchidaceae Dodson & Luer 2010 drawing hmm;

Orchids of the Department of Valle de Cauca Colombia Vol 1 Kolanowska & Szlachetko 2012 drawing good/photos fide;

Orquideas Del Valle de Aburra Medellin Colombia COS 2014 photo fide;

Orchid Digest Vol 81 #1 2017 photo fide;

Orquideas de Farallones de Cali Galindo-Tarazona, Haelterman, Zuluaga Trochez and Sebastian Moreno 2020 photo fide;

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol IV:280 Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023 drawing fide

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