Elleanthus porphyrocephalus Schltr. 1921 SUBGENUS Calelyna SECTION Calelyna Szach & Dudek 2023

TYPE Drawing by © Rudolf Schlechter

Part shade Cold

Common Name The Purple Head Elleanthus

Flower Size

Found in Piura department of Peru in sclerophyllus thickets at elevations around 2900 meters as a large sized, caespitose, cold growing terrestrial orchid with a simple, leafy above stem carrying lanceolate, acute to acuminate leaves that blooms on a capitate, Congested, ovoid, 2" [5 cm] long, very densely many flowered inflorescence with 2 basal, large, concave sheaths and erect spreading, lanceolate, very acute, slightly exceeding the flowers floral bracts and carrying bright purple flowers.

"Similar to E haematoxanthus in the glabrous sepals and lip concave inthe basal half but the leaves of E porphyrocephalus are syt least half as small, longer floral bracts 1/6" 4 cm] vs 1" [2.5 cm], narrower petals and a larger lip with serrate margins." Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

*Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 9: 49 Peru Schlechter 1921;

Figuren-Atlas zu den Orchideenfloren der südamerikanischen Kordillerenstaaten [Beiheft 57, Repert. Spec. nov. Regn. veg., 1929], t. 13, fig. 46 Schlechter 1929 Drawing fide;

Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43 Hoehne 1945;

Orchids of Peru Vol 1 Schweinfurth 1958;

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol IV:258 Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023 drawing fide

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