Sacoila pedicellata (Cogn.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982

Drawing by © Hoehne

Floral detail drawing

Drawing by © Pabst

Deep shade Cool Winter

Common Name The Single Flowerd? Sacoila

Flower Size

Found in southern Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina as a medium to large sized, cool growing terrestrial in savannahs with an erect, strict, terete stem without lanceolate-linear, acute leaves at blooming, that blooms in the winter on an erect, peduncle 20 to 32" [50 to 80 cm] long, provided with 5 to 8, membraneous, smooth, adpressed, with the apex somewhat open sheathing bracts, rachis, erect, strict, 3.2 to 4" [8 to 10 cm] long, loosely many flowered inflorescence with erect to erect-patent, somewhat membraneous, slightly concave, obscurely 7 to 9 nerved, longer than the ovary floral bracts and carrying erect to erect-patent, green flowers.

The variety major differs in the longer stem 20 to 40" [50 to 100 cm] long, peduncle proivided with 10 to 11 sheathing bracts, a laxer, longer rachis that is 7.2 to 7.6" [18 to 19 cm] long, with long acuminate floral bracts and a longer, 1" [2.5 cm] long pedicellate ovary and carrying lateral flowers

Synonyms Sacoila lanceolata var. pedicellata (Cogn.) Szlach. 1994; *Stenorrhynchos pedicellatum Cogn. 1903; Stenorrhynchos pedicellatum var. major Cogn. 1903

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 932 Cogniauxx 1903 as Stenorrhynchos pedicellatum

Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 932 Cogniaux 1903 as Stenorrhynchos pedicellatum var. major

Fl. Bras. 3(6): 540 Cogniaux 1906 as Stenorrhynchos pedicellatum

Fl. Bras. 3(6): 540Cogniaux 1906 as Stenorrhynchos pedicellatum var. major

Fl. Bras. 3(6): Tab 111 fig 2 Cogniaux 1906 as Stenorrhynchos pedicellatum var. major drawing fide

Fl. Brasílica 8(12; 2): 270 Hoehne 1945 as Stenorrhynchos pedicellatum

Fl. Brasílica 8(12; 2): 271 Hoehne 1945 as Stenorrhynchos pedicellatum var. major

Fl. Brasílica 8(12; 2): tab 143 Hoehne 1945 as as Stenorrhynchos pedicellatum drawing fide

Fl. Brasílica 8(12; 2): tab 144 Hoehne 1945 as as Stenorrhynchos pedicellatum var. major drawing fide

Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as Stenorrhynchos pedicellatum drawing fide;

* Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 352 Garay 1980 publ. 1982

Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 39: 437 Szlach 1994 as Sacoila lanceolata var. pedicellata

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