Schiedeella transversalis (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Schltr. 1920
Another Flower Angle Photos by © Miriam Jiménez y Mariano Gorostiza
Collection Sheet of Schiedeella romeroana Photos by © Miriam Jiménez y Mariano Gorostiza
EARLY
Common Name The Crosswise Schiedeella
Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]
Found in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Costa Rica at elevations around 2300 meters as a medium sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial or lithophyte with an erect stem carrying 1 to 2, near basal, green, elliptic, acute, gradually narrowing below into the purple spotted, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the winter and early spring on an erect, terminal, long, slender, several to many flowered inflorescence carrying diurnally fragrant flowers.
There is a lot of variability in the species as can be seen between the 2 photos above. .
Synonyms Cyclopogon tuerckheimii (Schltr.) Schltr. 1920; Schiedeella alinae (Szlach.) Szlach. 1994; Schiedeella guerrerensis (Szlach.) Szlach. 1994; Schiedeella llaveana var. alinae Szlach. 1991; Schiedeella llaveana var. guerrerensis Szlach. 1991; Schiedeella llaveana subsp. szlachetkoana R.González 1999 publ. 2000; Schiedeella petiolata Schltr. 1923; Schiedeella romeroana Szlach 1993; Spiranthes transversalis A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 3: 32 A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845 as Spiranthes transversalis
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 2: 131 Schlechetr 1906 as Spiranthes tuerckheimii
*Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 381 Schlechter 1920; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 395 Schlechter 1920 as Cyclopogon tuerckheimii
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19: 85 Schlechter 1923 as Schiedeella petiolata
Las Orquideas de el Slavador Vol 3 Hamer 1981 as S transversalis drawing/photo fide;
Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 36: 15 Szlach 1991 as Schiedeella llaveana var. alinaa Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 36: 14 Szlach 1991 as Schiedeella llaveana var. guerrerensis; Rhodora 95: 2 Szlach 1993 as S romeroana;
Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 39: 437 Szlach 1994 as Schiedeella alinae;
Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 39: 437 Szlach 1994 as Schiedeella guerrerensis
Bol. Inst. Bot. Univ. Guadalajara 7: 80 R.González 1999 publ. 2000 as Schiedeella llaveana subsp. szlachetkoana
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