Pelexia tovarensis (Garay & Dunst.) Garay & Dunst. 1979 SECTION Glottisarcon
TYPE Drawing of Spiranthes tovarensis by © Dunserville & Garay 1976
Collection sheet by © Jany Renz
Common Name The Tovar Pelexia [A town in western Venezuela]
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in Aragua state of Venezuela and Loja province of Ecuador at elevations around 1900 to 2000 meters as a large sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with several, basal, suberect, faintly mottled medium green, somewhat glaucous dorsally, lanceolate, gradually narrowing below into the pseudopetiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on a terminal, erect, peduncle to 28 to 32" [70 to 80 cm] long, almost completely enveloped by tubular, close fitting, uppermost finely pubescent at the base, others glabrous shething bracts rachis 6 to 10" [15 to 25 cm] long, finely pubescent, many flowered inflorescence with finely pubescent on the basal half, tubular, close fitting, longer than the flowers floral bracts.
"Very similar to Pelexia leucostica and almost impossible to separate them solo from floral morphology. P tovarensis is a much larger plant with numerous much smaller basal, leaves with a short, gradually narrowing pseudopetiolate base leaf and a many flowered inflorescence." Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019
Synonyms Glottisarcon tovarensis (Garay & Dunst.) Szlach. & Kolan. 2019; *Spiranthes tovarensis Garay & Dunst. 1976
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 6 Dunsterville and Garay 1976 as Spiranthes tovarensis drawing fide;
*Orchids of Venezuela An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 3 Dunsteville & Garay 1979 drawing fide
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 2: 319 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019 as Glottisarcon tovarensis
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 2: 320 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019 as Glottisarcon tovarensis drawing fide
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