Elleanthus furfuraceus [Lindley]Rchb.f 1862 Photo courtesy of Carlos Hajek and his Peruvian Orchid Page

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Common Name The Bran-Like Elleanthus

Flower Size 1/4" [.5 cm]

A slender, small to large sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial similar to Sobralia in plant form, from Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in cold, wind swept, elfin forest at elevations of 600 to 3000 meters with erect stems enveloped by several close, tubular, scarious sheaths with several lanceolate, acuminate, plicate, basally clasping leaves crried toward the apex that blooms in the summer in cultivation on a 1" [2.5 cm]long, terminal, laxly 4 to 16 flowered inflorescence subtended with lanceolate, acuminate bracts and all the flowers in a conical bunch at the apex of the cane.

Synonyms Elleanthus furfurascens (Lindl.) Rchb. f. ex Schltr.; Elleanthus oeconomicus (Rchb.f. & Warsz.) Garay & Dunst. 1979; *Evelyna furfuracea Lindl 1846; Evelyna oeconomica Rchb.f. & Warsz. 1854

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1959; Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 1 1969; Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum Plate 439 Bennett & Christenson 1998

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