!Dichromanthus cinnabarinus (Lex.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 Photo by © Mary E. Gerritsen

Inflorescence by © Carlos Velazco Macias and his Naturaleza del Nuevo Leon WebPage

Drawing Drawing by © Miss Drake and Edward's Botanical Register volume 33 (N.S. 10) plate 65

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Common Name The Cinnabar Colored Dichromanthus - The Cinnabar Ladies Tresses

Flower Size .1 to .15" [2 to 3 cm] long

Found in Texas USA, Mexico and Guatemala on rocky montane slopes, grassy hills and canyon meadows often around limestoneas a medium to large sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial at elevations of 1800 to 2200 meters with an erct stem enveloped by 6 to 9 bladeless, cauline sheaths and carrying 3 to 4, ascensing, dark green, linear-oblanceolate leaves that are present at flowering which occurs in the late summer on an erect, congested, 1.6 to 6.8" [4 to 17 cm] long, 30 to 40 flwoered inflorescence

Synonyms Cutsis cinnabarina (Lex.) C.Nelson 1994; Dichromanthus cinnabarinus f. aureus P.M.Br. 2006; Dichromanthus cinnabarinus subsp. galeottianum (Schltr.) Soto Arenas & Salazar 2002 publ. 2003; Gyrostachys cinnabarina (Lex.) Kuntze 1891; Gyrostachys montana (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; *Neottia cinnabarina Lex. 1825; Ophrys peregrina Sessé & Moc. 1890; Spiranthes cinnabarina (Lex.) Hemsl. 1884; Spiranthes montana A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845; Spiranthes montana (Lindl.) Hemsl. 1884; Stenorrhynchos cinnabarinum (Lex.) Lindl. 1840; Stenorrhynchos galeottianum Schltr. 1918; Stenorrhynchos montanum Lindl. 1842

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bonplandiua rchb.f 1856 as Stenorrhynchos cinnabarinum; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Spiranthes cinnabarina; Icones Orchidacearum 5 -6 Plate 548 Hagsater & Soto 2002 drawing fide; Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Texas PM Brown 2008 Photo/drawing

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