Prescottia smithii Schltr. 1920

Drawing by © S Nowak/Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019

Full Shade Cool

Common Name Smith's Prescottia [original collector of the type early 1900's]

Flower Size

Found in Magdalena department of Colombia at elevations around 1300 meters as a small sized, cool growing terrestrial with 3, basal, obliquely elliptyic to oblong, acuminate, canaliculate into the 1.6 to 3" [4 to 7.5 cm] long, petiolate base leaves that blooms on an erect, terminal, glabrous, peduncle 12" [30 cm] long, rachis to 4 to 6" [10 to 15 cm] long, subdensely many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate acuminate floral bracts.

"Very similar to Prescottia stachyodes but differs in the smaller flowers, wider petals, fleshier lip and a differnt form to the auricles, a longer gynostemium and a much wider rostellum. This species has been proposed to be a synonym of P stachyodes over the years but, for the reasons cited above it deserves species status." Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 52 Schlechter 1920

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 2: 105 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 2: 106 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019 drawing fide

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