Cyclopogon lindleyanus (Link, Klotzsch & Otto) Schltr. 1920 Photo by © Eric Hunt and his Flicker Orchid Photostream
Inflorescence Photo by of Jay Pfahl.
Flower Closeup Photo by of Eric Hunt, plant grown by Echo Valley Orchids.
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Common Name Lindley's Cyclopogon [English Botanist 1800's]
Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]
Found in Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador as a miniature sized, warm growing, terrestrial at elevations around 450 to 1600 meters in evenly moist, dense to slightly open forests with spatulate, variegated dark green and white, petiolate leaf that is cuneate into the basal petiole that blooms in the late winter to early spring on a terminal, erect, thin, pale rose to greenish, 10 to 12" [25 to 30 cm] long, many [70] flowered, racemose inflorescence with several acuminate bracts and acuminate floral bracts enveloping the ovaries with the flowers densely clustered and spiralling towards the apex. The inflorescence arises in the late fall to early winter, taking from 6 to 10 weeks to mature, from the center of the rosette of leaves after the maturation of the plant. The successively opening flowers arise most often in late February to early April and last 6 to 10 weeks with 10 or so flowers open at a time. The cultural requirements of this species are akin to Phalaenopsis except for the potting media which should be a soiless mix such as Promix or Sun Mix or even pure sphagnum moss. Yearly repotting in the spring after blooming is nessasary to promote good growth
Synonyms Beadlea lindleyana (Link, Klotzsch & Otto) Garay & Dunst.1979; Cyclopogon pamii (Braid) Mansf. & Herter 1943; Gyrostachys lindleyana (Link, Klotzsch & Otto) Kuntze 1891; *Spiranthes lindleyana Link, Klotzsch & Otto 1840; Spiranthes pamii Braid 1924
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Venezuelan Orchids Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1959 Spiranthes lindleyana;
