Cyclopogon variegatus Barb.Rodr. 1882 Drawing by © by Alfred Cogniaux

Common Name or Meaning The Variegated Cyclopogon

Flower Size 1/4" [6 mm]

Found in Brazil as a small to medium szied, terrestrial orchid with a basal rosette of ovate, obtuse, gradually narrowing below intot he elongate, petiolate base leaves that blooms on a terminal, erect, several flowered inflorescence with spaced, lanceoalte, acute bracts and shorter thant the ovary floral bracts.

Synonyms Beadlea variegata (Barb.Rodr.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982; Cyclopogon bradei Schltr.1922; Spiranthes variegata (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. 1895

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

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