Aspidogyne foliosa (Poepp. & Endl.) Garay 1977 Drawing by © von Martius, Eichler, Urban © and Wikimedia website

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Common Name The Leafy Aspidogyne

Flower Size 3/8" [9 mm]

Found in Surinam, Fr Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil as a small sized, warm to cool growing terretrial with an erect, leafy stem carrying ovate, obtuse, gradually narrowing below into the conduplicate, petiolate base leaves that blooms on a terminal, erect, 4" [10 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence with 2, lanceolate, acute bracts and the flowers held in an apical corymb.

Synonyms Aspidogyne aratanhensis (Barb.Rodr.) Baptista 2005; Aspidogyne multifoliata (C.Schweinf.) Garay 1977; Aspidogyne oreadum (S.Moore) Garay 1977; Erythrodes aratanhensis (Barb.Rodr.) Ames 1922; Erythrodes densiflora (Lindl.) Ames 1922; Erythrodes foliosa (Poepp. & Endl.) Ames 1922; Erythrodes multifoliata C.Schweinf. 1941; Erythrodes oreadum (S.Moore) Pabst 1957; Erythrodes stenocentron (Schltr.) Ames 1922; Microchilus densiflorus (Lindl.) D.Dietr. 1852; Microchilus foliosus (Poepp. & Endl.) D.Dietr. 1852; *Pelexia foliosa Poepp. & Endl.1837; Physurus aratanhensis Barb.Rodr. 1882; Physurus oreadum S.Moore 1895; Physurus densiflorus Lindl. 1840; Physurus foliosus (Poepp. & Endl.) Lindl. 1840; Physurus stenocentron Schltr. 1921

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII II Hoehne 1945 as Physurus densiflorus drawing ok; Flora Brasilica Vol XII II Hoehne 1945 as Physurus aratanhensis drawing ok; Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 5 Dunsterville and Garay 1966 as Erythrodes foliosa drawing not = Aspidogyne confusa; Flora de Venezuela Volumen 15 Parte 1 Foldats 1969 as Erythrodes foliosa

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