Elleanthus furfuraceus [Lindley]Rchb.f 1862 SUBGENUS Stachydelyna SECTION Magnicallosae Szlach. & Dudek 2023
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Common Name The Bran-Like Elleanthus
Flower Size 1/4" [.5 cm]
Found in Guyana, Merida state of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in cold, wind swept, elfin forest at elevations of 600 to 3000 meters as a slender, small to large sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial similar to Sobralia in plant form,with erect stems enveloped by several close, tubular, scarious sheaths with several lanceolate, acuminate, plicate, basally clasping leaves carried toward the apex that blooms in the late spring and summer in cultivation on a 1" [2.5 cm] long, terminal, laxly 4 to 16 flowered inflorescence subtended with lanceolate, acuminate, longer than the ovary floral bracts and all the flowers held in a conical bunch at the apex of the cane.
Somewhat similar to E vernicosus but distinguished by the unbranched stem, larger flowers and a lip with denticulate margins."
Synonyms Elleanthus furfurascens (Lindl.) Rchb. f. ex Schltr.; *Evelyna furfuracea Lindl 1846;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Orchid. Linden.: 12 Lindley 1846 as Evelyna furfuraceus
*Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 480 Rchb.f 1862;
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 9: 45 Peru Schlechter 1921;
Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43 Hoehne 1945;
Orchids of Peru Vol 1 Schweinfurth 1958;
Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1959 drawing fide;
Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 1 1969 drawing fide;
Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 6 Dunsterville & Garay 1976 as E gracilis drawing fide;
Orchids of Venezuela, An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing fide;
The Manual Of Cultivateed Orchids Bechtel, Cribb and Laurent 1992 photo fide;
Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995;
Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum Plate 439 Bennett & Christenson 1998 drawing fide;
Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 1 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing fide;
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol IV:302 Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023 drawing fide
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