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Elleanthus aurantiacus (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1862 SUBGENUS Amethetinoidaea Szlach & Dudek 2023

Photos by © Jay Pfahl

Drawing Drawing by © A Dunsterville and Garay

Common Name The Orange Elleanthus

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Caqueta, Caldas, Risaralda, Cauca, Nariño and Putumayo departments of Colombia, Trujillo state of Venezuela, El Oro and Morona-Santiago provinces of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia on rocky slopes, cliffs and clay banks at elevations of 800 to 3700 meters as a small to giant sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial or occasional epiphyte with a frequently branched stem carrying variable, lanceolate, mucronate, coriaceous, plicate, basally clasping leaves, that can bloom at any time of the year on a terminal, to 4" [to 10 cm] long inflorescence with ovate, lanceolate, acute to abruptly subacuminate, shorter than the flowers floral bracts and carrying a few to many successive flowers.

The first two photos are of a plant located in Cundinamarca Colombia at an elevation of 3100 meters and the 3nd is in Risaralda at 2800 meters, and the fourth photo in Zamora Chinchipe Ecuador at 2800 meters as a small sized, terrestrial blooming in the spring.

Synonyms Elleanthus hoppii Schltr. 1924; *Evelyna aurantiaca Lindl. 1844;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Pl. Hartw.: 149 Lindl. 1845 as Evelyna aurantiaca

Orchid. Linden.: 10 Lindley 1846 as Evelyna bractescens

Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 709 Lindley 1852 as Evelyna lindenii ;

Bonplandia Rchb.f 1854 as Evelyna lindenii var cymbibractea;

Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 477 Rchb.f 1862 as E lindenii;

Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 477 Rchb.f 1862 as E lindenii var cymbibracteata;

*Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 482 Rchb.f 1863;

Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 8: 37 Schlechter Ecuador 1921;

Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 9: 44 Peru Schlechter 1921 as E bractescens;

Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 9: 45 Peru Schlechter 1921 as E cajamarcae;

Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 27: 15 Beitrage Zur Orchideenkunde Von Colombia 27:15 Schlechter 1924 as E hoppii;

Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43 Hoehne 1945;

Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43 Hoehne 1945 as E bractescens;

Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43 Hoehne 1945 as E cajamarcae;

Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43 Hoehne 1945 as E hoppii;

Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43 Hoehne 1945 as E lindenii;

The Orchids of Panama L.O. Williams & P Allen 1946;

AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 6 1958;

Orchids of Peru Vol 1 Schweinfurth 1958;

Orchids of Peru Vol 1 Schweinfurth 1958 as E bractescens;

Venezuelan Orchids Vol 4 Dunsterville & Garay 1966 drawing ok;

Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 1 1969 drawing ok;

Flora of Ecuador No 9 225[1] Garay 1978 drawing fide;

Orchids of Venezuela An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing ok;

Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 807 Dodson 1983 drawing hmm;

Selbyana Vol 10 Orchids of Central America Hamer 1988 drawing hmm;

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1992 photo fide;

Field Guide to the Orchids of Costa Rica and Panama Dressler 1993;

Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995;

Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 1 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing ok;

Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 2 Dodson 2001 drawing ok;

Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Hammel, Grayum, Herrera and Zamora 2003;

Orquideas Nativas del Tachira Cesar Fernandez 2003 as E auranthiacus photo fide;

Orchids of Bolivia Vol 2 Laelinae Vasquez and Ibisch 2004 photo fide;

Australian Orchid Review Vol 73 No 2 2008 photo;

Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko Bermudez 2009 photo fide;

Orchids of Costa Rica Vol 2 Morales 2009 photo fide;

Flora of Ecuador No 87 225[3] Orchidaceae Dodson & Luer 2010 drawing hmm;

Orchids of the Department of Valle de Cauca Colombia Vol 1 Kolanowska & Szlachetko 2012 drawing good/photos fide;

Orquideas Del Valle de Aburra Medellin Colombia COS 2014 photo fide;

Orchid Digest Vol 81 #1 2017 photo fide;

Orquideas de Farallones de Cali Galindo-Tarazona, Haelterman, Zuluaga Trochez and Sebastian Moreno 2020 photo fide;

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol IV:280 Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023 drawing fide

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