Pelexia oestrifera (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Schltr. 1920 SECTION Pachygenuim
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Drawing by © Hoehgne
Common Name The Insect Carrying Pelexia [refers to the overall look of the flower like an insect with eyes]
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo states of Brazil as a large sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial orchid with 5 to 8, erect, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the fall on a terminal, erect, rachis to 2.4 to 3.2" [6 to 8 cm] long, laxly more or less few to several flowered inflorescence with linear-lanceolate, acuminate, lightly puberulent, much shorter than the flowers floral bracts.
"Similar to Pelexia minarum but with shorter flowers, sickle-shaped, downward curving lateral sepals and broader petals. The lip strongly resembles Pelexia laxa but has larger and thicker autricles a the base and,in addition, the rostellum appears to ber longer and larger." Schlechter 1920
Synonyms Gyrostachys oestrifera (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Kuntze 1891; Pachygenium oestriferum (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Szlach., R.González & Rutk. 2001; Pelexia oestrifera var. angustifolia Hoehne 1945; *Spiranthes oestrifera Rchb.f. & Warm. 1881; Stenorrhynchos oestrifer (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Cogn. 1895
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 86 Rchb.f. & Warm. 1881 as Spiranthes oestrifera
Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 Kuntze 1891 as Gyrostachys oestrifera
Fl. Bras. 3(4): 163 Cogniaux 1895 as Stenorrhynchos oestrifer
* Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2. 37: 404 Schlechter 1920
Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XII II 13-43: 223 Orchidaceae Hoehne 1945;
Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XII II 13-43: Tab 113 Orchidaceae Illustrations Hoehne 1945 drawing fide;
Fl. Brasílica 12(2): 224 Hoehne 1945 as Pelexia oestrifera var. angustifolia without a Latin descr.
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1: 281 #447 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;
Polish Bot. J. 46: 5 Szlach., R.González & Rutk. 2001 as Pachygenium oestriferum
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