Sacoila duseniana (Kraenzl.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982

TYPE Drawing by © Kraenzlin

Common Name Dusen's Sacoila [Swedish Engineer and Orchid Collector in southern Brazil early 1900's]

Flower Size

Found in Sao Paulo and Parana States of Brazil as a medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with 5, basal, ligulate, obtuse to subacute, gradually narrowing below into the base leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, peduncle, strict to substrict, to 20" [50 cm] long, provided with wide, , lower ones foliaceous, upper ones embracing, acuminate, papilose to glandulose, rachis erect, 6.8" [17 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, reddish, lower ones generally longewr than the flowers gradually erect and as long as ther flowers and carrying red flowers.

"This rather singular species is similar to Sacoila lanceolata ( but because of its size it resembles more Sacoila argentina and is characterized from both by the strong contraction of the anterior part of the labellum and the rostellum that is considerably longer." Schlechter 1922

Synonyms Stenorrhynchos bradei Schltr. 1922; *Stenorrhynchos dusenianum Kraenzl. 1911

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.s., 46(10): 28 Kraenzlin 1911 as Stenorrhynchos dusenianum drawing fide;

Anexos Mem. Inst. Butantan, Secē. Bot. 1(4): 30 Schlechter 1922 as Stenorrhynchos bradei

Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XII II 13-43: 275 Orchidaceae Hoehne 1945 as S bradei

Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XII II 13-43: tab 148 Orchidaceae Hoehne 1945 as S bradei

Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XII II 13-43: 269 Orchidaceae Hoehne 1945 S dusenianum as Synonym of S hassleri

* Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 351 Garay 1980 publ. 1982

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