Ponthieva tunguraguae Garay 1978
Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved.
Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt ©, plant grown by grown by Walter Teague
Common Name The Tungurahua Ponthieva [A Province of Ecuador]
Flower Size
Found in Ecuador at elevations of 1200 to 1400 meters as a small sized, cool growing, terrestrial herb with up to 4, villose on both sides, elliptic, abruptly acuminate, somewhat narrowing below in to the subrotund, conduplicate, petiolate base leaves that blooms at most any time of the year on an arcuate, to 8" [20 cm] long overall, rachis [5.2" [13 cm] long, racemose, loosely several flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acute to acuminate, longer than the pedicels floral bracts.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Flora of Ecuador No 9 225[1] Garay 1978 drawing fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 69 No 5 2004 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 78 #2 2009 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 78 #3 2009 photo fide; Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko & Bermudez 2009 as P maculata photo fide
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