Myrosmodes rhynchocarpum (Schltr.) Garay 1978TYPE Drawing as Aa rhynchocarpa by Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Collection Sheet Collection sheet and Drawing by © Jany Renz and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Beak-Like Seed Pod Myrosmodes
Flower Size
Found in Colombia and Ecuador at elevations of 3200 to 4200 meters as a miniature sized, cold growing terrestrial that blooms in the summer on a terminal, erect, densely many flowered inflorescence
CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so please use with caution
Synonyms *Aa rhynchocarpa Schltr. 1921; Altensteinia rhynchocarpa (Schltr.) A.D.Hawkes 1950
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Ecuador 9(225: 1): 168 Garay 1978; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 3 Dodson 2002
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