Meiracyllium wendlandii Rchb.f 1866
Flower Closeup Photo by Jay Pfahl.
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Common Name Wendland's Meiracyllium [German Orchid Collector and Gardener - Mexico 1800's]
Flower Size to more than 1" [2.5 +cm]
This dwarf, creeping, psuedobulbless, epiphyte is from southwestern Mexico and Guatemala with curved, ascending stems carrying a single, apical, sessile, obovate or oblong, rounded or obtuse, fleshy coriaceous leaf that blooms on a to 1 2/5" [3 cm] long, terminal, few [1 to 3] flowered inflorescence that is shorter than the leaves and has short triangular-ovate, acute floral bracts carrying fragrant [cinnamon] flowers occuring in the fall through spring and is a cool to warm growing plant found on mossy trees in mixed forests at 700 to 1500 meters in altitude.
Synonyms Meiracyllium gemma Rchb.f 1878 most likely this is the correct name for this taxon according to Hagsater
References W3 Tropicos [http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html] , Kew Monocot list [ http://www.kew.org/wcsp/home.do ], IPNI [ http://www.us.ipni.org/ipni/plantsearch?request_type=search&output_format=query&ret_defaults=on ]; Flora Novo-Galaciana Vol 16 McVaugh 1985; Icones Orchidacearum 5 - 6 Orchids of Mexico Part 2 - 3 Plate 621 Hagsater & Soto 2002
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