Elleanthus brenesii Schltr. 1912 SUBGENUS Calelyna SECTION Calelyna Szach & Dudek 2023

Drawing by © P Baranow

Common Name Brenes' Elleanthus {Costa Rican Botanist 1900's]

Flower Size

Found in Alajuela province of Costa Rica at elevatios above 1000 meters as a small to just medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with erect to suberect, simple stems carrying lanceolate, acute to acuminate, subcoriaceous leaves that blooms on a to 1.6 to 2" [4 to 5 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, longer than the flowers floral bracts.

"Similar to E pallidiflavus but separated by its glabrous sepals versus furfuraceous, not keeled on the outer surface, larger flower segments and lip margins that are serrate-dentate instead of lacerate." Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 44 Schlechter 1912;

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol IV:253 Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023 drawing fide

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