Cranichis castellanosii L.O.Williams 1938 Photo by © Gustavo Righelato

Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Alejandro Taborda ©

Common Name Castellano's Cranichis

Flower Size

Found in Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil and north west Argentina in rainforests as a small sized, cool growing terrestrial with a basal rosette of petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, 6" [15 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence with all the non-resupinate flowers held in an apical clyindrical bottle-brush-like head.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

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