Ponthieva parvula Schltr. 1912
Photos by © Rodolfo Hernandez and Infojardin Blog
Common Name The Small Flowered Ponthieva
Flower Size .16" [4 mm]
Found in Chiapas state of Mexico and Guatemala at elevations up to 1600 meters as a small sized, cool growing terrestrial with several basal leaves , elliptic, obtuse to subacute, basally rounded into the petiolate base leaves that blooms on an erect, green becoming white with age, pubescent few flowered inflorescence with ovate, acuminate floral bracts.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI Orchids of Guatemala and Belize Ames & Correl 1985; Orchids of Mexico Hagsater etal 2005 photo good; Orchid Genera and Species in Guatemala Archila, Szlachchetko, Chiron, Lipinska, Mystkowska and Bertolini 2018
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