Prescottia filiformis Schlechter 1920

Drawing by © S Nowak/Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019

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Common Name The Filiform Prescottia

Flower Size

Found in Cauca department of Colombia at elevations around 1800 meters as a small sized, cool growing terrestrial with 3 to 4, basal, oblong-ellitpic, apiculate, shortly petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, terminal, subflexuous, delicate, glabrous, peduncle 3.2 to 10.8" [8 to 27 cm] long, rachis to 3.6" [9 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence with elliptic-lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, glabrous, acuminate, floral bracts.

"Distinguished from all others in its lip that is almost arrow-shaped basally, then ovate, strongly culm-shaped, concave and very clearly pointed, and of a much thinner consistency than in other species." Schlechter 1920

"Similar to Prescottia oligantha and often made a synonym of it, however, P filiformis is unique for its lip that is almost arrow-shaped basally, then ovate, strongly culm-shaped, concave and very clearly pointed, and of a much thinner consistency than in other species." Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 50 Schlechter 1920

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 2: 92 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 2: 93 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019 drawing fide

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