Ponthieva inaudita Rchb. f. 1876 Andicola group
Photo by Alfonso Doucette Copyright © 2009
Photo courtesy of Carlos Hajek and his Peruvian Orchid Page
Drawing by M Alcantara A/Bennett & Christenson 1995
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Common Name The Unheard Ponthieva
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in Cauca and Tolima departments of Colombia, Ecuador, Chanchamayo department of Peru and Bolivia in wet montane forests at elevations of 2200 to 2800 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial or occasional epiphyte as a pubescent plant that has 2 to 5, basal, pubescent, narrowly lanceolate, acute to acuminate, 1.6 to 2" [4 to 5 cm] long, petiolate base leaves that blooms in nature in the fall and winter on an erect, peduncle [27.5 cm] long, provided 1 to 3, with a lanceolate bract in the middle rachis 3" [7.5 cm] long, pubescent, many flowered inflorescence that exceeds the length of the leaves, and broadly lanceolate, acute, glandular, much shorter than the ovary floral bracts carrying non resupinate, pubescent flowers with glabrous sepals.
"The unique character of this species is the petals adorned with an oblong, canaliculate callus with 2 teeth on each side." Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2020
Synonyms Ponthieva koehleri Mansf. 1930;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 9: 56 1921, as P microglossa nom. illeg. homonym. post.
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 47: taf 106 #417 Mansfield 1930
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 28: 93 Mansfield 1930 as Ponthieva koehleri
Venezuelan Orchids Vol 5 Dunsterville & Garay 1966 not = P dunstervillei;
Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Series II Plate 366 Dodson 1989 drawing wrong actually P cornuta;
Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Series II Plate 573 Dodson 1989 drawing wrong actually P cornuta;
Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum Plate 363 Bennett & Christenson 1995 drawing fide;
Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000 photo not = P cornuta;
Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2004 photo not = P cornuta;
Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko & Bermudez 2009 photo fide
PeerJ E 6728 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019 drawing fide
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 3: 117 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2020 drawing fide
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 3: Plate 151 - 3 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2020 photos fide
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