Mesadenus polyanthus (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1920

Inflorescence Photos by Carl Luer © Courtesy of Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz and their Website

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Common Name The Many-Flowered Mesadenus

Flower Size

Found in Mexico and Belize at elevations of 320 to 2350 meters as a small sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial with that blooms in the late winter and spring on an erect, laxly several flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Brachystele polyantha (Rchb.f.) Burns-Bal. 1982; Gyrostachys polyantha (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; Mesadenus galeottianus (A.Rich.) Schltr. 1920; Spiranthes galeottiana A.Rich. 1845; *Spiranthes polyantha Rchb.f. 1845

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Novo-Galaciana Vol 16 McVaugh 1985 as S durangensis

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