Cyclopogon argyrifolius (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr. 1877
SUBGENUS Beadlea [Small] Szlach 1993
Photo by © Dalton Holland Baptista ©
Drawing by © Cognuiaux
Common Name The Silvery Leafed Cyclopogon
Flower Size .36" [9 mm]
Found in Minas Gerais state of Brazil at elevations of 900 to 1100 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial orchid with several, narrowly lanceolate, acute, light green striped dark green, gradually narrowing below into the elongate, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the winter on a terminal, erect, 16" [40 cm] long, brown, many flowered inflorescence with green, tubular, acute, bracts and with longer than the ovary floral bracts.
"Similar to Cyclopogon congestus but C argyrifolius has a striking difference in leaf coloration, more pronounced pubescence of the inflorescence and the almost complete lack of pubescence on the sepals. Furthermore the anterior lobe of the labellum is more rounded and in relation to the plate larger and narrower." Schlechter 1920
Synonyms Beadlea argyrifolia (Barb.Rodr.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982; *Spiranthes argyrifolia Barb.Rodr. 1877
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 183 Barb Rodr. 1877 as Spiranthes argyrifolia
* Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1(Index): iii Barb Rodr 1877
Flora brasilense Vol 3 Pt 4: 204 Cogniaux 1893
Flora brasilense Vol 3 Pt 4: Tab 45 fig 1 Cogniaux 1893 drawing fide
Beih. bot. Centralbl. vol. 37[2]: 385 Schlecher 1920
Flora Brasilica Fasc. 8 Vol XII II 13-43: 191 Hoehne 1945;
Flora Brasilica Fasc. 8 Vol XII II 13-43: Tab 92 fig 2 Illustrations Hoehne 1945 drawing good;
Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 drawing good;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;
Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 299 Garay 1980 publ. 1982 as Beadlea argyrifolia
The Organ Mountain Range, its History and its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 drawing/photo fide;
Orchidees du Bresil As Orquideas da Serra do Castelo Espirito Santo Brasil Vol 1 Chiron & Bolsanello 2015 drawing/photo fide;
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