Mesadenus lucayanus (Britton) Schltr. 1920
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Common Name Lucay's Mesadenus - Copper Ladies' Tresses
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found from Florida, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Guatemala, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leewards and Puerto Rico at lower elevations as a hot to cool growing terrestrial with a basal rosette of deciduous, light green leaves that fade by blooming occuring in the late winter and early spring on an erect, copper colored, laxly few flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Ibidium lucayanum Britton 1907; Mesadenus stahlii (Cogn.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982; Spiranthes lucayana (Britton) Cogn. 1909; Spiranthes stahlii Cogn. 1909
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Symbolae Antillanae Vol VI Orchidaceae Urban 1909 as Spiranthes lucayana; Symbolae Antillanae Vol VI Orchidaceae Urban 1909 as Spiranthes stahlii; An Orchid Flora Of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Ackerman 1995 as M polyanthus drawing fide; Harvard Pap. Bot. 5 #2: Carnevali etal. 2001; Orchid Genera and Species in Guatemala Archila, Szlachchetko, Chiron, Lipinska, Mystkowska and Bertolini 2018
