Mesadenella atroviridis (Barb.Rodr.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982

Drawing by © Hoehne 1945 and Szlachetko 1993

TYPE Drawing of Cyclopogon atroviriodis

TYPE Drawing of Cyclopogon atroviriodis by © Barbosa Rodrigues

Common Name The Purple-Green Mesadenella

Flower Size .36" [9 mm]

Found in Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo states of Brazil at elevations of 800 to 1100 meters as a small to medium sized, cool growing terrestrial orchid with a basal rosette of ovoid to suborbicular, acuminate, dorsal surface white spotted, gradually narrowing below into the thin, elongate, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on a terminal, erect, peduncle 12" [30 cm] long, provided with 6 to 7, adpressed, triangular-lanceolate, long-acuminate sheathing bracts, rachis 2.8 to 3.2" [7 to 8 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence with erect to erect-patent, somewhat concave, longer than the ovary floral bracts.

Synonyms *Cyclopogon atroviridis Barb.Rodr. 1882; Garaya atroviridis (Barb.Rodr.) Szlach. 1993; Spiranthes atroviridis (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. 1895

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 284 Bar. Rodr. 1882 as Cyclopogon atroviridis

Fl. Bras. 3(4): 206 Cogniaux 1895 as Spiranthes atroviridis

Fl. Bras. 3(4): tab 153 Cogniaux 1895 as Spiranthes atroviridis

Beih. bot. Centralbl. 37 [2]: 385 Schlechter 1920 as Cyclopogon atroviridis;

Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XII II 13-43: Orchidaceae Hoehne 1945 as Cyclopogon atroviridis;

Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XII II 13-43: tab 96 Orchidaceae Illustrations Hoehne 1945 as Cyclopogon atroviridis drawing ok;

Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as Cyclopogon atroviridis drawing fide;

Polish Bot. Stud. 5: 4 Szlach 1993 as Garaya atroviridis

Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 41 pg 2565 - 2625 Brieger 2001 as Garaya atroviridis drawing good

* Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 335 Garay 1980 publ. 1982

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