Pelexia pavonii (Rchb.f.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 SECTION Pelexia

Drawing by © Piotr Rutkowski, Dariusz L. Szlachetko, Marcin Górniak and Phylogeny and taxonomy of the subtribes Spiranthinae, Stenorrhynchidinae and Cyclopogoninae (Spirantheae, Orchidaceae) in Central and South America

Common Name Pavon's Pelexia [Spanish explorer and botanist 1700s]

Flower Size

Found in Ancash and Lima departments of Peru at elevations around 490 meters as a small sized, hot growing terrestrial with 1 to 4, basal, in a rosette, obliquely lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acute, rounded below into the narrow, canaliculate petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, terminal, delicate, glandular, peduncle 4.8 to 6.4" [12 to 16 cm] long, rachis 2.4 to 2.8" [6 to 7 cm] long, subdensely to densely, 10 plus flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, acute, longer than the ovary floral bracts and carrying medium sized, externally sparsely pubescent flowers.

Reichenbach compared this species to P novofriburgensis but distinguished by its short, axial spur, elongated sepals and a tongueshaped to narrowly violin-shaped labellum with a semi-ovate-pointed, slightly notched anterior lobe. The leaves are described as wedge-shaped to oblong-lanceolate. The flowers are said to be about 1/3 smaller than Sarcoglottis acaulis

Synonyms Sarcoglottis pavonii (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1920; Spiranthes barrancae Esposto 1913; *Spiranthes pavonii Rchb.f. 1856;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 211 Rchb.f 1856 as Spiranthes pavonii

Anales Direccion Fomento 6: 52 Esposto 1913 as Spiranthes barrancae

Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2. 37: 419 Schlechter 1920 as Sarcoglottis pavonii

Flora Brasilica fasc 8 Vol XII II 13-43: 312 Orchidaceae Hoehne 1945 as Sarcoglottis pavonii

* Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 345 Garay 1980 publ. 1982

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 2: 346 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 2: 347 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019 Drawing fide

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