Ponthieva mandonii Rchb.f. 1878
Plants and flowers insitu on roadbankSalta Argentina Photo by © Juan Jose Rodriguez and his Orquideas de Salta Argentina
Original Drawing Drawing by © Alfred Cogniaux
Flower? Photo by Copyright © Sacha and the Flora of The Andes WebsiteWebsite
Common Name or Meaning Mandon's Ponthieva
Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]
Found in Peru, Bolivia and Argentina as a small sized terrestrial with a few basal, ovate, obtuse, gradually narrowing below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the summer on a terminal, erect, 10" [25 cm] long, several flowered inflorescence with 2 well spaced acuminate bracts and much shorter thant eh ovary floral bracts
Synonyms Ponthieva parvilabris Benth. ex Griseb.1879
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII II Hoehne 1945 drawing fide; Flora Brasilica Vol XII II Hoehne 1945 as P mandonii var bilobipetala drawing good; Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 drawing fide; Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 as P mandonii var bilobipetala drawing good; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 5 257 - 320 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1974 drawing ok; Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum Plate 749 Bennett & Christenson 2001 drawing ok
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