Pollardia punctulata (Rchb.f.) Withner & P.A.Harding 2004
Photo by © Burns-Ba1ogh/ TYPE Drawing and The AMO Herbaria Website
Common Name The Spotted Pollardia
Flower Size .88" to 1.04" [2.2 to 2.6 cm]
Found in Sinaloa, Jalisco, Michoacan, Mexico, Morelos, Guerrero states of Mexico in humid oak forests and Barranca forests at elevations of 1500 to 2300 meters as a miniature to small sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with ovoid to ellipsoid, laterally compressed pseudobulbs carrying 1 to 3, usually 2, coriaceous, glaucous, ensiform, acute, conduplicate below into the base leaves that blooms in the spring on a terminal, peduncle, to 6" [15 cm] long, lax, paniculate, each branch 2.4 to 8" [6 to 20 cm] long, 3 to 8 flowered, overall to 24" [60 cm] long, successively 20 to 70 flowered inflorescence arising through a spathe with triangular-ovate, acuminate to obtuse, papyraceous, bracts and triangular, obtuse, papyraceous floral bracts and carrying slightly cinnamon scented flowers.
"Distinguished from its close relatives, Pollardia concolor and Pollardia michuacana by the next combination of characters: chestnut-yellowish brown, reflexed tepals, cream-colored lip, sometimes dotted with purple, the lateral lobes oblong to elliptic, truncate, subrhombic to ovate midlobe, epiphytic habit, pseubobulbs 2 leaved, ovoid to ellipsoid, inflorescence a loose panicle, with 20 to 70 flowers. P punctulatum has been considered a synonym of P. cancolor, however, an examination of the fragmentary type, which was also well illustrated by John Day in its album, shows that it is actually the first name of the plant described few years ago as Encyclia rhombilabia S.Rosillo ex Aguirre-Olav." Soto Arenas & Salazar
Synonyms Encyclia rhombilabia S.Rosillo 1986; *Epidendrum punctulatum Rchb.f. 1885; Prosthechea punctulata (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar 2002 publ. 2003; Prosthechea rhombilabia (S.Rosillo) W.E.Higgins 1997 publ. 1998; Pseudencyclia punctulata (Rchb.f.) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2003
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Gard. Chron., n.s., 24: 70 (1885
ORQUIDEA (Méx. ) 10 (1) ABRIL 1986 as Encyclia rhombilabia photo/drawing fide
Phytologia 82: 380 W E Higgins 1997 publ. 1998 as Prosthechea rhombilabia
Orquideas del Estado de Morelos ORQUÍDEA (MÉX.) VOLUMEN 16 NÚMERO ÚNICO enero 2002 as Prosthechea rhombilabia drawing/photo fide;
Richardiana 4: 33 V P Castro & Chiron 2003 as Pseudencylia punctulata
Icones Orchididacearum 5-6: t. 652 Soto Arenas & Salazar 2002 publ. 2003 as Prosthechea punctulata;
*The Cattleyas and Their Relatives, the Debateable Epidendrum Withner and Harding 2004;
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