Lyroglossa pubicaulis (L.O.Williams) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 Drawing by © Fritz Hamer andThe Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

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Common Name The Pubescent Colum Lyroglossa

Flower Size

Found in Mexico and Belize at elevations around 1000 meters as a small sized, warm growing terrestrial with a slender, pubescent stemand carrying before flowering but not during, very small, basal, conduplicate leaves that blooms in the late spring and summer on an erect, to 12" [30 cm] long, pubescent, few to several flowered inflorescence enveloped by 4 ovate-lanceolate, subscarious, semiamplexicaule sheaths and inflated floral bracts.

CAUTION The drawing is of a plant collected in Nicaragua and the other references that I have state that it does not come from Nicaragua so this may be wrong! Please use with caution.

Synonyms Schiedeella pubicaulis (L.O.Williams) Burns-Bal. 1981; *Spiranthes pubicaulis L.O.Williams 1946

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; ORQUIDEA (Méx. ) 8(1) MARCH 1981 as Schiedeela pubicaulis; Icones Plantarum Tropicarum Plate 1229 Hamer 1985 drawing fide; Selbyana Vol 10 Orchids of Central America Hamer 1988 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 41 pg 2565 - 2625 Brieger 2001 ;

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