Cranichis viereckii Ames 1924 Wageneri Group 10

Drawings by Copyright © A Krol & N Oledzynska and Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2020

Common Name Viereck's Cranichis [Henry Lorenz Viereck German Botanist Collector of the type 1881 -1931]

Flower Size

Found in Magdalena, Antioquia, Tolima and Cundinamarca departments of Colombia and Carchi province of Ecuador in montane and cloud forests at elevations of 1200 to 2450 meters as a miniature to small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial 1 to 2, basal, very disimilar in size, smaller narrowly ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, acute, largerovate to elliptical, acuminate, acute, membraneous, reticulate veined, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, terminal, peduncle 9.4 to 10.6" " [23.5 to 27 cm] long, slender to rather stout, shortly glandular-pubescent above, provided with 6 or so closely adpressed, acute, tubbular sheathing bracts, rachis .6 to 2" [1.5 to 5 cm] long, conical, rather laxly, many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acute, glabrous, shorter than the ovary floral bracts.

"Similar to Cranichis schlechteri but differs in the cuneate lip base versus auriculate and the single veined sepals versus 3 veined." Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2020

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Schedul. Orchid. 7: 1 Ames 1924

Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43: 129 Hoehne 1945

PeerJ 7-e7385 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019 Drawing fide

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 3: 58 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2020