Cyclopogon warmingii (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1920

Plant and Flowers Photos by © by K Senghas and the Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbarium

Common Name or Meaning Warming's Cyclopogon [Danish Plant collector in Brazil later 1800's]

Flower Size 1/.4" [6 mm]

Found in southeastern Brazil as a small sized, terrestrial orchid with several, oblong, acute, gradually narrowing below into the elongate, petiolate base leaves that blooms on an erect, to 12" [30 cm] long, several to many flowered inflorescence with tubular, acute, spaced bracts and longer than the ovary floral bracts.

Synonyms Beadlea warmingii (Rchb.f.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982; Gyrostachys warmingii (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; *Spiranthes warmingii Rchb.f. 1881

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII II Hoehne 1945 drawing ok;

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