Cyclopogon rimbachii Schltr. 1921
SUBGENUS Beadlea [Small] Szlach 1993
Drawing by © Foldats
Common Name Rimbach's Cyclopogon [August Rimbach was a notable German orchid collector and botanist, particularly active in Ecuador during the late 19th and early 20th centuries]
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in Venezuela, Cauca department of Colombia, Carchi and Chimborazo province of Ecuador and Ayacucho department of Peru at elevations of 2000 to 3000 meters as a small to just large sized, cold growing terrestrial with thick, tuberous, wooly roots giving rise to 3 to 7, in a basal rosette, present at blooming, elliptic to ovate-elliptic, acute, subrounded to cuneate below into the slender, canaliculate petiolate base leaves that blooms in the winter on a terminal, erect, peduncle 9.2 to 18" [23 to 45 cm] long, glabrous below becoming pilose apically, enveloped by various, distant, tubular, acute bracts, rachis spicate, 2.8 to 6" [7 to 15 cm] long, sublax to lax, 10 to 20 flowered inflorescence with lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, longer than the ovary floral bracts carrying bronze-green to greenish white flowers.
Schlechter states that this species is distinguished by its relatively thick leaves witha rather long petiole, a stiff stem, and the lip shape, this species is somewhat reminiscent of a Coccineorchis species in habit
Synonyms Beadlea rimbachii (Schltr.) Garay 1978; Spiranthes rimbachii (Schltr.) C.Schweinf. 1941
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 8: 166 Schlechter 1921
Bot. Mus. Leafl. 10: 30 C Schweinf. 1941 as Spiranthes rimbachii
Flora de Venezuela Volumen 15 primera parte Foldats 1969 drawing fide;
Fl. Ecuador 9(225: 1): 272 Garay 1978 as Beadlea rimbachii;
Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014;
LANKESTERIANA 19(2).125 - 193 Ossenbach & Jenny 2019 collection sheet fide
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia: 254 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia: 275 fig 244 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019 drawing fide
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