Elleanthus oliganthus (Poepp. & Endl.) Rchb. f. 1863

Flower Closeup Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding

Common Name or Meaning The Sparse-Blooming Elleanthus

Flower Size

Found in Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru at elevations of 200 to 2700 meters in dry montane forests as a medium to large sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte or terrestrial with simple, slender stems enveloped from nearly the base by elliptic lanceoloate, long acuminate, membranaceous leaves that blooms in the winter and spring on a loose, lax, slender, many flowered, to 5 1/4" [13 cm] long, racemose inflorescence with triangular-linear to narrowly triangular lanceolate bracts that are slightly shorter than the flowers

Synonyms Elleanthus vitellinus Garay 1978; *Evelyna oligantha Poepp. & Endl. 1836

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 2 COS 1991; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 2 Dodson 2002; Orchids of Bolivia Vol 2 Laelinae Vasquez and Ibisch 2004