Brachystele dilatata (Lindl.) Schltr. 1920 Photos by Andres Gonzales ©

Common Name or Meaning The Broad Brachystele

Flower Size 3/8" [9 mm]

Found in Peru, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay as a small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial orchid with a few elliptic, acute to acuminate, abruptly narrowing below into the elongate, petiolate base leaves that blooms on a terminal, erect, 12" [30 cm] long, enveloped by linear, acute, inflated bracts, densely many flowered, conical inflorescence with and as long as the ovary floral bracts.

Synonyms Brachystele hoehnei Pabst 1971; Brachystele ulaei (Cogn.) Schltr. 1920; Cyclopogon icmadophilus (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. 1920; Gyrostachys dilatata (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; *Spiranthes dilatata Lindl. 1840; Spiranthes icmadophila Barb.Rodr.1881; Spiranthes ulaei Cogn. 1895; Stenorrhynchos icmadophilum (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr. 1881

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 35: 30 1925 as Cyclopogon ichmaophila; Flora Brasilica Vol XII II Hoehne 1945 as B ulaei drawing ok; Flora Brasilica Vol XII II Hoehne 1945 drawing fide; Iconographia de Orchidaceas do Brasil Hoehne 1949 as B ulaei drawing ok; Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 as B ulaei drawing ok; Orchidaceae Brasilense Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing ok; Orchidaceae Brasilense Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as B hoehnei drawing ok; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as Brachystele icmadophila drawing fide;

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