Elleanthus ruizii (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1850 SUBGENUS Hymenophora
Drawing by Dodson
TYPE Drawing of E igneus by © Rudolf Schlechter
Common Name Ruiz's Elleanthus
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in Napo and Pichincha provinces of Ecuador at elevations around 250 to 1200 meters as a medium to large sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial on steep embankments or epiphyte with cane-like, terete, rigid stems enveloped by striate, distichous leaf sheaths carrying narrowly ovate, strongly veined on both sides, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate leaves taht blooms in the winter on a terminal, elongate, spicate, many flowered inflorescence with green floral bracts carrying brick red flowers
Distinguished by the unbranched stems, the cylindrical, elongate inflorescencewith ovate-lanceolate, concave, acute to subacuminate floral bracts and carrying brick red flowers.
Synonyms Elleanthus igneus Schltr. 1921; Elleanthus spruceanus Cogn. 1901; *Evelyna ruizii Rchb.f. 1850
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI
Linnaea 22: 842 Rchb.f 1850 as Evelyna ruizii;
* Ann Bot Sys 6:481Rchb.f 1861;
Fl. Bras. 3(5): 332 Cogniaux 1901 as E spruceanus;
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 9: 47 Peru Schlechter 1921 as E igneus;
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 9: 45 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 as E igneus Drawing fide;
Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43 Hoehne 1945 as E igneus;
Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43 Hoehne 1945;
Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43 Hoehne 1945 as E spruceanus;
Orchids of Peru Vol 1 Schweinfurth 1958;
Orchids of Peru Vol 1 Schweinfurth 1958 as E ruizii;
Orchids of Peru Vol 1 Schweinfurth 1958 as E igneus;
Flora of Ecuador No 9 225[1] Orchidaceae Garay 1978;
Icones Plantarum Tropicarum plate 062 Dodson 1980 drawing fide;
Die Orchideen lieferung #13 753 - 816 Bulbophyllinae Brieger 1983 as E lignaeus [sic];
Icones Plantarum Tropicarum plate 453 Dodson 1989 drawing fide;
Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 2 Dodson 2001 drawing fide;
Flora of Ecuador No 87 225[3] Orchidaceae Dodson & Luer 2010;
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol IV:232 Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023 drawing fide
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