Coccineorchis cristata Szlach., Rutk. & Mytnik 2004

TYPE Drawing By Szlach., Rutk. & Mytnik and Ann. Bot. Fenn. 41: 482 Szlach., Rutk. & Mytnik 2004

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Common Name The Comb Coccineorchis [refers to the lamellae on the lip]

Flower Size

Found in San Jose province of Costa Rica and Chiriqui, Cocle and Panama provinces of Panama in thick humus within cloud forests at elevations of 300 to 3200 meters as a medium to large sized, hot to cold growing terrestrial with 6 to 7, basal, narrow, orbicular, elliptic to elliptic-ovate, ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, more or less oblique, acute to acuminate, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect to arcuate, terminal, rather stout, 12.4 to 25.6" [31 to 64 cm] long, densely glandular below peduncle, rachis 2 to 4" [5 to 10 cm] long, all sided to semi-secund, densely 7 to 15 flowered inflorescence with ovate to elliptic, acute, pink red to orange, twice as long as the ovary floral bracts and carrying medium sized, conspicuous, coral red, orange red to red outside and yellow within flowers.

"This species is similar to C. cernua which it is easily distinguished by the lip which is compressed above the middle and with four parallel lamellae, closely adnate to each other. The lip is distinctly concave above and strongly squeezed below." Szlach., Rutk. & Mytnik 2004

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Ann. Bot. Fenn. 41: 482 Szlach., Rutk. & Mytnik 2004 drawing fide

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia: 191 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia: 192 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019 Drawing fide

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