Ponthieva andicola Rchb. f. 1876 Photo by © Ron Parsons
Photo by © Eric Hunt and his Eric Hunt's Photo Website
Common Name The Andean Ponthieva
Flower Size 3/4" [4.3 cm]
Found in Colombia and Ecuador as a medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with 1 to 2, basal, elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic, acute to acuminate, totally hirsute leaves that blooms in the fall and winter on an erect to somewhat arcuate, slender, villose, to 12" [30 cm] long overall, rachis 2" [5 cm] long, loosely several flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, villose floral bracts. .
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Ecuador No 9 225[1] Garay 1978; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 2003 photo fide;
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