Beloglottis subpandurata (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982

Inflorescence

Photos by © La Selva Digital Flora Website

Common Name The Almost Lute Shaped Beloglottis

Flower Size .08" [2 mm]

Found in Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama as a miniature sized terrestrial with a basal rosette of 5 or so, lanceolate, acute, gradually narrowing below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms on an erect, terminal, to 6" [to 15 cm] longf, several flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms *Spiranthes subpandurata Ames & C.Schweinf. 1925

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Selbyana Vol 10 Orchids of Central America Hamer 1988 drawing fide; Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Vol 3 Hamel, Grayum, Herrera and Zamora 2003 drawing ok; Orchid Genera and Species in Guatemala Archila, Szlachchetko, Chiron, Lipinska, Mystkowska and Bertolini 2018

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