Myoxanthus uncinatus ( Fawc. ) Luer 1986

Photo courtesy of Oliver Lenford

Common Name The Hook Shaped Myoxanthus [refers to the lateral lobes of the lip]

Flower Size 2/5" [1 cm]

Found in Belize through Panama and Jamaica as a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte at elevations of 300 to 2000 meters

Synonyms Brenesia uncinata ( Fawc. ) Luer 2004; Echinella uncinata (Fawc.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001; *Pleurothallis uncinatus Fawc. 1895

References W3 Tropicos Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Jamaica Fawcett & Rendle 1910 as Pleurothallis uncinata drawing fide; The Orchids of Panama L.O. Williams & P Allen 1946 as Pleurothallis uncinata; Selbyana 3: 194 Luer 1976 as Pleurothallis uncinata drawing fide; Orchids of Jamaica Gloudon and Tobisch as Pleurothallis uncinatus drawing fide; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 6 COS 1998 as Pleurothallis uncinatus; Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4 2001 as Echinella uncinatus; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42-43 pg 2624 - 2756 Brieger 2001; Orchid Flora of the Greater Antilles Ackerman 2014 as Pleurothallis uncinatus

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