Scaphyglottis brasiliensis (Schltr.) Dressler 2004
Photo by © Dalton Holland Baptista
Drawing of Reichenbachanthus modestus by © Hoehne
Common Name The Brazilian Scaphyglottis
Flower Size
Found in Rio de Janiero, Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo states of Brazil with stems arising from the terminal ens of old stems and carrying a single, cylindrical, compressed, acute, sulcate above, fleshy granolose margined leaf that blooms on ahort, terminal, single flowered inflorescnece
Synonyms *Fractiunguis brasiliensis Schltr. 1922; Reichenbachanthus modestus Barb.Rodr. 1882
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 165 Barb Rodr. 1882 as Reichenbachanthus modestus
Anexos Mem. Inst. Butantan, Secē. Bot. 1(4): 56 Schlechter 1922 as Fractilinguis brasilensis;
Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 as Reichenbachianthus modestus drawing fide;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Fractiunguis brasilensis;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Reichenbachanthus modestus;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as Reichenbachianthus brasilensis drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilieses Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as Reichenbachanthus modestus drawings good;
*Novon 7(2): 124,f. 4. 1997 Dressler
*Brittonia 56: 64 Dressler 2004
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