Chloraea piquichen (Lam.) Lindl. 1840 Photos by © Pablo Bravo Monasterio and his Chilebosque website

Another Inflorescence Photo by © German Roitman

Drawing of C piquichen Drawing by © Illustrations of Orchidaceous Plants

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Common Name The ?Chloraea

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Found in Patagonia Argentina in forest margins where this plant was photographed in situ as a large sized, cold growing terrestrial with basal, lanceolate, intense green leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on a terminal, erect, 3.2 to 8" [8 to 20 cm] long, 6 to 15 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Asarca chlorosticta (Phil.) Kuntze 1891; Asarca fimbriata (Phil.) Kuntze 1891; Asarca incisa (Poepp.) Kuntze 1891; Asarca odontoglossa (A. Rich.) Kuntze 1891; Asarca patagonica (Phil.) Kuntze 1891; Asarca unguis-cati (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891; Asarca virescens (Willd.) Kuntze 1891; Chloraea chlorosticta Phil. 1857; Chloraea fimbriata Phil. 1857; Chloraea incisa Poepp. 1833; Chloraea odontoglossa A. Rich. 1849; Chloraea patagonica Phil. 1863-5; Chloraea pigichen Kuntze 1891; Chloraea piquichen Lindl. 1840; Chloraea pleistodactyla Kraenzl. & Spegg. 1902; Chloraea unguis-cati Rchb. f. 1849; *Cymbidium virescens Willd. 1805; Epidendrum virescens (Willd.) Poir. 1810; Limodorum piquichen Lam. 1792

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as C virescens; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as C virescens drawing not; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I 1 - 12 Hoehne 1940 as C virescens; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I 1 - 12 Hoehne 1940 as C unguis-cati; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I 1 - 12 Hoehne 1940 as C chlorosticta; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I 1-12 Hoehne 1940 as C incisa; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I 1 - 12 Hoehne 1940; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 5 1958 as C virescens drawing good; 100 Orquideas Argentinas Freuler 2005 as C virescens photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #6 2015 drawing fide;

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