Elleanthus aurantiacus (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1862 Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved.

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Common Name The Orange Elleanthus

Flower Size 1/5" [5 mm]

Found from Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru as a large sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial or occasional epiphyte on rocky slopes, cliffs and clay banks at elevations of 800 to 3700 meters with a frequently branched stem carrying variable, lanceolate, mucronate, coriaceous leaves, that can bloom at any time of the year on a terminal, to 4" [to 10 cm] long inflorescence with floral bracts and carrying a few to many successive flowers.

Synonyms Elleanthus bractescens (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1862; Elleanthus cajamarcae Schltr. 1921; Elleanthus galipanensis Schltr. 1919; Elleanthus hallii (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1863; Elleanthus hoppii Schltr. 1924; Elleanthus lindenii (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. 1862; Elleanthus pallidiflavus Schltr. 1921; Elleanthus pallidiflorus Schltr. ex Mansf. 1929; *Evelyna aurantiaca Lindl. 1844; Evelyna bractescens Lindl. 1846; Evelyna hallii Rchb.f. 1852; Evelyna lindenii Rchb. f. 1852;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Venezuelan Orchids Vol 4 Dunsterville & Garay 1966; Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 1 1969; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 807 Dodson 1983; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 2 Dodson 2002