Microchilus crispifolius (Garay) E.C.Smidt & M.W.Chase 2021

TYPE Drawing Of Kreodanthus crispifoliaby © Garay 1993

Drawing of Erythrodes crispifolia

Drawing by © Dodson 2001

Collection Drawing of Erythrodes crispifolia?? Collection Sheet by © Jany Renz and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Wavy Edged Leaf Microchilus

Flower Size

Found in Ecuador and Peru at elevations around 2900 meters as a medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a stem-like ascendant rhizome becoming erect, straight leafy stem carrying several, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute to subacuminate, more or less rounded below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, terminal, slender, elongate, to 16" [40 cm] long overall, rachis to 4" [10 cm] long, cylindric, loosely several flowered inflorescence with a few remote sheaths and ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, shorter than the ovary floral bracts and carrying small, fleshy, segments spreading, glabrous flowers.

"Can be confused with Microchilus sytsmae and Microchilus bugabae in having the suborbicular to transversely elliptic lip with obscurely marked apex. Of the three Microchilus sytsmae is characterized by having the smallest flowers, shortest spur and a truncate, very fleshy lip. M crispifolius in contrast to Microchilus bugabae has crispate leaf margins versus wavy margins and a suborbicular to transversely elliptic lip in general outline versus broadly obovate." Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2017

CAUTION The Collection sheet depicted above may be incorrectly identified as it was collected in Central Colombia and all references say that this orchid comes only from Ecuador and Peru, nor does the drawing of the lip or the length of the rachis match that in my references.

Synonyms Erythrodes crispifolius (Garay) Dodson & Carnevali 1993; *Kreodanthus crispifolius Garay 1978

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Flora of Ecuador No 9 225[1]: 288 Garay 1978 as Kreodanthus crispifolius drawing fide;

Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: 1257 Dodson & Carnevali 1993 as Erythrodes crsipfolius

Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 2 Dodson 2001 as Erythrodes crsipfolius drawing good;

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 1: 438 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2017 as Kreodanthus crispifolius drawing fide

* Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 197: 339 E.C.Smidt & M.W.Chase 2021

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