Sigmatostalix malleifera Rchb. f. 1883
Side View of Flower Photos by Jay Pfahl ©
Another View? S tenuirostris Photo courtesy of Gilberto Escobar Copyright © , and the Dr Leslie Garay Archives
Common Name The Hammer Carrying Sigmatostalix
Flower Size
Found in Colombia as a small sized epiphyte with a flattened, longitudinally grooved pseudobulbs partially enveloped basally by a few distichous, imbricating, longitudinally folded leaf bearing sheaths carrying a single, linearto strap-shaped, bluntly pointed leaf that blooms on a to 5" [to 12.5 cm] long, axillary, paniculate inflorescence arising from the leaf axil of the leaf bearing sheath with several successive flowers
The first 2 photos are the correct species, the 2 photos by Gilberto Escobar are S tenuirostris
Synonyms Oncidium malleiferum [Rchb.f] Chase & NH Wms. 2008; Roezliella malleifera (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1918
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Das Pflanzanreich Regni Vegetabilis Conspectus Odontoglossum/Oncidium Kranzlin 1922 drawing fide; Orchid Species Culture Oncidium/Odontoglossum Alliance Bakers 2006; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 12 2008 as Oncidium malleiferum
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