Crossoglossa guariniae Szlach. & Kolan. 2015

TYPE Drawing by © Ormerod redrawn by K Winkiewicz

Common Name Guarin's Crossoglossum [Colombian original collector of the species current]

Flower Size

Found in Valle de Cauca department of Colombia presumably from montane forests without elevational data as a small to medium sized presumed terrestrial with an erect stem carrying laxly, 6, obovate-elliotic, obtuse, shortly petiolate base leaves that blooms in the winter on an erect, peduncle 5.2 to 2.4" [6cm] long, rachis to 13.6" [34 cm] long, subdensely many flowered inflorescence with subulate, acute, longer than the ovary floral bracts and carrying flowers with greenish-yellow sepals, and a brownish lip.

Recognized by the very wide, obovate-elliptic leaves; otherwise it is close to C liparidioides which has narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate and a less than half as long inflorescence with smaller flowers.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

*Webbia 70: 75 Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2015;

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol IV:75 Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023 drawing fide

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