Triphora wagneri Schltr. 1921

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Common Name Wagner's Triphora

Flower Size

Found in Mexico, Panama and Ecuador in lower forests as a mini-miniature sized, hot growing leafless Mycoheterotrophic terrestrial with as erect, 3" [7.5 cm] long, carrying a single, erect flower that occurs in the spring.

Synonyms Pogonia wagneri (Schltr.) L.O. Williams 1946.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17(481/485): 139. 1921; The Orchids of Panama L.O. Williams & P Allen 1946 as Pogonia wagneri

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