Cranichis sylvatica A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845 Ciliata Group 3
Photo by © Moises Behar
Photo by © Rene Medrano
Original Drawing by © Fritz Hamer
Common Name The Forest Living Cranichis
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua in tall evergreen forests at elevations around 1000 to 1550 meters as a miniature to medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with 3 to 5 basal, silvery-green, dark green reticulate above, silvery beneath, velvety, ovate-elliptic, abruptly subapiculate, gradually narrowing below into the slender, winged petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, glabrous below, lightly pubescent above, peduncle to 16" [30 to 32 cm] long overall, smooth, green, rachis 3.2 to 4" [8 to 10 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence with a few sheaths.
Differs from others by its cymbiform lip which is subquadrate when flattened." Ames and Corell 1952
Synonyms Cranichis pseudociliata Schltr. 1913; Macradenia mexicana Kraenzl. 1920
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 202 Schlechter 1913 as Cranichis pseudociliata
Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 71: 175 Kraenzlin 1920 as Macradenia mexicana
Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43: 129 Hoehne 1945 as C pseudociliata;
Orchids of Guatemala & Belize: 86 Ames & Correll 1952;
Las Orquideas de El Salvador Vol 1 Hamer 1974 drawing/photo fide;
Icones Plantarum Tropicarum Plate 642 Hamer 1982 drawing fide;
Selbyana Vol 10 Orchids of Central America: 98 Hamer 1988 drawing fide;
Field Guide to the Orchids of Costa Rica and Panama Dressler 1993;
Guatemala Y Sus Orquideas Behar & Tinschert 1998 as Ponthieva triloba photo fide;
The Orchids of Mexico Hagsater, Soto etal 2005;
AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #7 2010 photo yes but just opening;
Orchid Genera and Species in Guatemala Archila, Szlachchetko, Chiron, Lipinska, Mystkowska and Bertolini 2018
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