Ponthieva vallecaucana Szlach., Kolan. & Oledrz. 2019 Venusta Group

TYPE Drawing by © Oledrzy PeerJ 7-e6528: 28 Szlach., Kolan. & Oledrz. 2019

Common Name The Valle de Cauca Ponthieva [A department of southern Colombia]

Flower Size

Found in Valle de Cauca department of Colombia at elevations of 1380 to 1500 meters as a small to just medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with 3 to 7, basal, rosulate, glabrous, widely ovate or elliptic-ovate, subacute to acute, gradually narrowing below into the cuneate, long petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on a delicate, sparsely pubescent,-glandular, loosely 3 sheathed, peduncle 5.6" [14 cm] long, rachis to 2.4" [6 cm] long, laxily 10 to 20 flowered inflorescence with densely glandular-pubescent floral bracts

"This species is rather similar to Ponthieva parvilabris but P vallecaucana has leaves that are long petiolate [petiole up to 2.4" [6 cm] vs .2 to 1.2" [.5 to 3 cm] long, the petals are obliquely oblong-ligulate with rounded apices vs obliquely triangular, the lip is sessile with a pair of large triangular calli at the base that are broadly fused with the base of the gynostemium vs with a glabrous lip with a claw that is .08" [2 mm] long." Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2020

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* PeerJ 7-e6528: 28 Szlach., Kolan. & Oledrz. 2019 drawing fide

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 3: 101 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2020 drawing/photo fide

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