Cranichis longipetiolata C.Schweinf. 1952 Photo by Copyright © Sacha and the Flora of The Andes WebsiteWebsite

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Common Name The Long-Petiolate Cranichis [refers to the long petioles of the leaf]

Flower Size

Found in Ecuador and Peru in wet montane cloud forests at elevations of 2400 to 2500 meters as a miniature to small sized, cool growing terrestrial with elliptical, dark green, abruptly narrowing below into the long petiolate leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, non-foliaceous, 8" [20 cm] long, several flowered inflorescence with a few spaced glabrous bracts

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Ecuador No 9 225[1] Garay 1978 drawing ok; Flora Of Ecuador # 76 225[2] Dodson & Luer 2005

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