Microchilus pedicellatus (Cogn.) E.C.Smidt & M.W.Chase 2021
TYPE Drawing by © Kraenzlin
Photo courtesy of © Dalton Holland Baptista Photo by © Apolonia Grade and Orchidstudium
Common Name The Large Pedicel Platythelys
Flower Size .36" [9 mm]
Found in Minas Gerais and Parana states of Brazil in primary forests as a miniature sized, cool growing terrestrial with an erect to ascending, short, 3.2 to 6" [8 to 15 cm] long, slightly flexuous, fleshy, terete, aphyllous stem enveloped partially by shortly spaced, lanceolate, acute bracts that blooms in the summer on an erect, terminal, erect to arcuate, .8 to 2.4" [2 to 6 cm] long, lax, few flowered inflorescence with fleshy, erect to erect-patula, slightly concave, obscurely three nerved, half as long as the pedicel floral bracts.
CAUTION I am sure that the photo determination above does not even come close to the type reference that I have so please use with caution.
Synonyms Aspidogyne pedicellata (Cogn.) Meneguzzo 2012; Brachystele pedicellata (Cogn.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982; Erythrodes paranaensis (Kraenzl.) Pabst 1956; Physurus paranaensis (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1920; Platythelys paranaensis (Kraenzl.) Garay 1977; Platythelys pedicellata (Cogn.) Szlach. 1995; *Spiranthes pedicellata Cogn. 1895; Wullschlaegelia paranaensis Kraenzl. 1911
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Fl. Bras. 3(4): 210 Cogniaux 1895 as Spiranthes pedicellata
Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 46(10): 42 Kraenzlin 1911 as Wullschlaegelia paranaensis
Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 46(10): Taf 8 # 2 Kraenzlin 1911 as Wullschlaegelia paranaensis drawing fide
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 329 Schlechter 1920 as Physurus paranaensis
Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43: 362 Hoehne 1945 as Physurus paranaensis
Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43: tab 201 fig 1 Hoehne 1945 as Physurus paranaensis drawing hmm has short sepals;
Iconographia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 as Physurus paranensis;
Contr. Fl. Paraná 6: 11 Pabst 1956 as Erythrodes paranaensis
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Vol 1: 132 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as Erythrodes paranaensis
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Vol 1: 289 fig 536 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as Erythrodes paranaensis drawing ok;
Bradea 2: 197 Garay 1977 as Platythelys paranaensis;
Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 304 Garay 1980 publ. 1982 as Brachystele pedicellata;
Fragm. Florist. Geobot., Suppl. 3: 115 Szlach 1995 as Platythelys pedicellata
Orquidário 26: 90 Meneguzzo 2012 as Aspidogyne pedicellata
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