Cranichis engelii Rchb.f. 1876 Engelii group 4
Photo by Padre Pedro Ortiz Valdivieso
Drawing by Dodson
Drawing and Herbarium specimen by ©
Common Name Engel's Cranichis
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in Merida state of Venezuela, Norte de Santander department of Colombia and Imbabura, Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe provinces of Ecuador in wet upper montane forests at elevations around 1400 to 2900 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with 2 to 3, basal, in a rosette, ovate to elliptic, distinctly cordate, abruptly acuminate, gradually narrowing below into the cuneate, then petiolate, canaliculate base leaves that blooms at most any time of the year on a terminal, scapose, erect, rather slender, glabrous below, sparsely pubescent above, 14" [35 cm] long, loosely many flowered, racemose inflorescence with lanceolate, acuminate, half the length of the ovary floral bracts and carrying small, greenish white flowers with dark green venation.
Distinguished by the non-foliaceous peduncle, the green leaves, the ciliate margins of the petals, the glabrous ovary, the cochleate lip, the disc with the median nerve unbranched and as long or shorter than the lateral branched nerves that extend to the margin.
"Appears to be similar to Cranichis elliptica
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43: 128 Hoehne 1945;
Flora de Venezuela Volumen XV Primera Parte Foldats 1969;
Flora of Ecuador No 9 225[1] Garay 1978;
Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 421 Dodson 1989 drawing fide;
Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 1 Dodson 1993 drawing fide;
Flora Of Ecuador # 76 225[2] Dodson & Luer 2005;
Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide
PeerJ 7-e7385: 45 Szlach. & Kolan. 2019 2019 drawing fide
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 3: 30 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2020
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 3: 31 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2020 Drawing
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