Cyclopogon polyaden (Vell.) F.S.Rocha & Waechter 2006

Plant and Flowers Photos by Alejandro Taborda ©

Side View of Flower Photo by © Dalton Holland Baptista and Orchidstudium

Common Name The Many Glanded Cyclopogon

Flower Size .1" [2.5 mm"]

Found in southeastern Brazil to Missiones Argentina as a small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with a few, basal, oval-orbucular, green with a central white line and 2 white lines along the margins, rounded below into the pseudopetiolate base leaves that blooms on a 14 to 16" [35 to 50 cm] long overall, peduncel with 4 to 6, well spaced bracts, rachis 2.8 to 4" [7 to 10 cm] long, laxly, few flowered inflorescence and carrying spirally arranged, externally pubescent flowers.

Synonyms *Serapias polyaden Vell. 1827; Stigmatosema polyaden ( Vell. ) Garay 1980 publ. 1982

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000 as Stigmatosema polyaden; Orchidees du Bresil As Orquideas da Serra do Castelo Espirito Santo Brasil Vol 1 Chiron & Bolsanello 2015 drawing fide/photo fide

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