Anacheilium regnelliana (Hoehne & Schltr.) Withner & P.A.Harding 2004

Drawing by © Hoehne & Schltr

Common Name Regnell's Anacheilium [Swedish Physician and Botanist 1800's]

Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]

Found in Minas Gerais state of Brazil without locational data as a small sized epiphyte with oblong, spindle-shaped pseduobulbs carrying 1 to 3, apical, erect, thick, oblong-lanceolate, acute, basally conduplicate leaves that blooms on a terminal, to 2.4 to 4.4" [6 to 11 cm] long, 5 to 9 flowered inflorescence.

Without better references available it is hard to tell where this species belongs. The available drawing does not allow seeing if the column teeth are the same length which makes the validity of putting it in Anacheilum as opposed to Prosthechea.

Synonyms Encyclia regnelliana (Hoehne & Schltr.) Pabst 1967 publ. 1972; *Epidendrum regnellianum Hoehne & Schltr. 1926; Prosthechea regnelliana (Hoehne & Schltr.) W.E.Higgins 1997 publ. 1998

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Arch. Bot. São Paulo 1: 243 Schlechter & Hoehne 1926 as Epidendrum regnellianum;

Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 29: 277 Pabst 1967 publ. 1972 as Encyclia regmelliana;

*Phytologia 82: 380 W E Higgins 1997 publ. 1998

The Cattleyas and Their Relatives The Debateable Epidendrum Vol 7 Withner and Harding 2004 as Anacheilium regnelliamum

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