Lyroglossa pubicaulis (L.O.Williams) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 Drawing

Drawing by © Fritz Hamer

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Common Name The Pubescent Colum Lyroglossa

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Found in Mexico, Belize, Honduras and Nicaragua at elevations around 1000 to 1300 meters as a small sized, warm to cool 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, semi-amplexicaul sheaths and inflated floral bracts.

CAUTION The drawing is of a plant collected in Nicaragua and the photo is from Honduras and most references that I have state that it does not come from Nicaragua or Honduras 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 ;

Bot. Mus. Leafl. 12: 234 L O Williams 1946

ORQUIDEA (Méx. ) 8(1): 39 MARCH 1981 as Schiedeela pubicaulis;

* Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 333 Garay 1980 publ. 1982

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 ;

Ceiba 6: 1 Lyroglossa pubicaulis y Acianthera angustisepala: Nuevos registros de Orchidaceae para Honduras Dora Elisa Pérez 2020 photo fide

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