Prescottia petiolaris Lindl.1836

Plant and Flowers in situ Peru Photos by © Rebecca Repasky and The Atrium Biodiveristy Information Website

Part shade cool Cold LATER Spring EARLYSummer

Common Name The Petiolate Prescottia [refers to the elongate petiole of the single leaf]

Flower Size .08" [2 mm]

Found in Ecuador in cloud forests as a large sized, cold growing terrestrial with several, elliptic to elliptic-lanceoalte, acuminate, basally cuneate into the elongate, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the later spring and summer on an erect, glabrous, densely many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acute floral bracts..

CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so please use with caution

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Ecuador No 9 225[1] Garay 1978 drawing ok

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