Sarcoglottis schaffneri (Rchb.f.) Ames 1905
Photos by © Edouard Faria
Drawing as S richardiana by © Icones Orchidacearum 5-6: T 664 Hagsater & Soto 2002
Common Name Schaffner's Sarcoglottis [German Botanist 1800's]
Flower Size .28" [7 mm]
Found in Veracruz and Chiapas states of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and El Salvador in broadleafed forests at elevations around 800 to 1800 meters as a medium sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial herb with 2 to 3, basal, green, silver rayed, silver beneath, strongly carinate, broadly lanceolate, elliptic to obovate-oblong, slightly oblique, acute to shortly acuminate, narrowly petiolate base leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, terminal, peduncle 7 to 20" [17.5 to 50 cm] long, reddish brown, glabrous below, white pubescent above, provided with 6, glabrous, uppermost glandular at the base sheathing bracts, rachis 2.4 to 2.8 (7.8)" [6 to 7 (19.5) cm] long, laxly to subdense, 7 to 9 (30) flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, sparsely glandular, shorter than the ovary floral bracts.
"The plants bear leaves during blooming, the leaves shortly petiolate, elliptic, variously whitish-green variegated with a dark green, velvety background and the prominent somewhat three lobed mentum are characteristic. The flowers are pale green with darker veins. The orchid is similar to Sarcoglottis assurgens which is leafless at flowering, has flesh colored flowers with green and orange lines." Hagsater & Soto 2002
Synonyms Goodyera vallisoletana (Lex.) Lindl. ex D.Dietr. 1852; Gyrostachys schaffneri (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; Pelexia richardiana (Schltr.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982; Pelexia saccata Rolfe 1895; Pelexia schaffneri (Rchb.f.) Ames 1905; Potosia guatemalensis Archila & Szlach. 2013; Potosia kusibabiana Szlach., Mytnik & Rutk. 2004; Potosia praetermissa Szlach., Mytnik & Rutk. 2004 Potosia schaffneri (Rchb.f.) R.González & Szlach. ex Mytnik 2003; Potosia tamayoana Szlach., Mytnik & Rutk. 2004; Potosia zamororae (Ames) R.González & Szlach. ex Mytnik 2003; Sarcoglottis latifolia Schlt. 1920; Sarcoglottis pubilabia Ames 1923; Sarcoglottis richardiana (Schltr.) Salazar & Soto Arenas 2002 publ. 2003; Sarcoglottis zamororae Ames 1923; Satyrium vallisoletanum Lex. 1825 tentatively listed as a synonym.; Spiranthes arseniana Kraenzl. 1915; Spiranthes emiliae M.C.Johnst. 1981; Spiranthes latifolia A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845; Spiranthes richardiana Schltr. 1918; *Spiranthes schaffneri Rchb.f. 1857; Zhukowskia richardiana (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Rutk.2003
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Nov. Veg. Descr. 2(Orchid. Opusc.): 7 Lex. 1825 as Satyrium vallisoletanum tentatively listed as a synonym.
Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 3: 32 A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845 as Spiranthes latifolia nom. illeg. homonym. post.
Syn. Pl. 5: 165 Lindley ex D Dietr. 1852 as Goodyera vallisoletana
Linnaea 28: 382 Rchb.f 1857 as Spiranthes schaffneri
Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 Kuntze 1891 as Gyrostachys schaffneri
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 195 Rolfe 1895 as Pelexia saccata
*Enum. Pl. Guatem. 7: 50 Ames 1905
Enum. Pl. Guatem. 7: 50 Ames 1905 as Pelexia schaffneri
Ark. Bot. 14(10): 6 Kraenzlin 1915 as Spiranthes arseniana
Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 435 Schlechter 1918 as spiranthes richardiana
Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 417 Schlechter 1920 as Sarcoglottis latifolia
Schedul. Orchid. 2: 11 Ames 1923 as Sarcoglottis pubilabia
Schedul. Orchid. 2: 13 Ames 1923 as Sarcoglottis zamororae
Las Orquideas de El Salvador Hamer Vol 2 1974 as Spiranthes schaffneri drawing/photo fide;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 6 321 - 384 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1975 as Pelexia schaffneri;
Phytologia 48: 96 M C Johnst. 1981 as Spiranthes emiliae
Las Orquedias de El Salvador Vol 3 Hamer 1981 as Pelexia schaffneri drawing hmm;
Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 345 Garay 1980 publ. 1982 as Pelexia richardiana
An Introdution to the Orchids of Mexico Wiard 1987 as Pelexia schaffneri photo fide;
ORQUIDEA (MEX.) 11: 263 DICIEMBRE 1988 as Deiregyne arseniana;
Orquideas del Estado de Morelos ORQUÍDEA (MÉX.) VOLUMEN 16 NÚMERO ÚNICO: 272 enero 2002
Orquideas del Estado de Morelos ORQUÍDEA (MÉX.) VOLUMEN 16 NÚMERO ÚNICO: 273 enero 2002drawing
Icones Orchidacearum 5-6: T 664 Hagsater & Soto 2002 as S richardiana drawing fide;
Genus 14(Suppl.): 59 R.González & Szlach. ex Mytnik 2003 as Potosia schaffneri
Genus 14(Suppl.): 60 R.González & Szlach. ex Mytnik 2003 as Potosia zamororae
Genus, Suppl.: 59 Szlach., Mytnik & Rutk. 2003 as Zhukowskia richardiana
ANN. BOT. FENNICI Vol. 41 Szlach. 2004 as Potosia kusibabiana drawing fide;
ANN. BOT. FENNICI Vol. 41 Szlach. 2004 as Potosia praeterissima drawing fide;
ANN. BOT. FENNICI Vol. 41 Szlach. 2004 as Potosia tamoyana drawing fide;
Guia de Orquideas de Chiapas Carlos Rommel Beutelspacher Baigts 2013 photo fide;
Biodiv. Res. Conserv. 29: 26 Archila and Szachetko 2013 as Potosia guatemalensis drawing/photo fide;
Orchid Genera and Species in Guatemala Archila, Szlachchetko, Chiron, Lipinska, Mystkowska and Bertolini 2018 as Potosia guatemalensis;
Orchid Genera and Species in Guatemala Archila, Szlachchetko, Chiron, Lipinska, Mystkowska and Bertolini 2018 as Potosia kusibabiana;
Orchid Genera and Species in Guatemala Archila, Szlachchetko, Chiron, Lipinska, Mystkowska and Bertolini 2018;
Orchid Genera and Species in Guatemala Archila, Szlachchetko, Chiron, Lipinska, Mystkowska and Bertolini 2018 as Zhukowskia richardiana;
Flora Mesoamerica Vol 7 Parte 2 Orchidaceae: 79 MBG UNAM 2023 as Zhukowskia richardiana;
Flora Mesoamerica Vol 7 Parte 2 Orchidaceae: 74 MBG UNAM 2023 as Potosia schaffneri ;
Flora Mesoamerica Vol 7 Parte 2 Orchidaceae: 73 MBG UNAM 2023 as Potosia guatemalensis;
Flora Mesoamerica Vol 7 Parte 2 Orchidaceae: 73 MBG UNAM 2023 as Potosia kusibabiana
Flora Mesoamerica Vol 7 Parte 2 Orchidaceae: 74 MBG UNAM 2023 as Potosia zamororae
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