Myoxanthus sarcodactylae (Luer) Luer 1982 SUBGENUS Myoxanthus SECTION Myoxanthus Luer 1992
Photo by Diego Bogarin and the A taxonomic synopsis and morphological characterization of Myoxanthus (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) Gustavo Rojas-Alvarado, Mario A. Blanco, A. P. Karremans 2021
TYPE Drawing by Carl Luer
Common Name or Meaning The Fleshy Fingered Myoxanthus [refers to the thick floral segments]
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in Ecuador at elevations around 600 meters as a small sized, warm growing epiphyte with stout, erect, ramicauls enveloped by 5 to 6, hispidulous, tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, narrowly ovate, acute, cuneate below into the conduplicate, petiolate base leaf that blooms in the summer on a fascile of many, congested, .1" [1 to 2 mm] long, successively single flowered inflorescence arising at the apex of the ramicaul, with pubescent floral bracts and has 1 to 6 simultaneously open flowers.
PLEASE USE CAUTION!!!! The first photo and Carl Luer's drawing are absolutely correct! The second photo is what is often seen for sale for this species, Dont know what it is. Luer states that this species is distinguished by the pubescent externally sepals, the thick AND TERETE and thickened above the middle petals a denticulate lip and the column that is toothed at the apex.
Synonyms *Pleurothallis sarcodactylae Luer1976
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol IX Systematics of Myoxanthus Luer 1992 Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 3 Dodson 2002 photo ok; A taxonomic synopsis and morphological characterization of Myoxanthus (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) Gustavo Rojas-Alvarado, Mario A. Blanco, A. P. Karremans 2021 photo fide
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