Elleanthus sphaerocephalus Schltr. 1924 Photos courtesy of Dr Leslie Garay Copyright ©, and the Dr Leslie Garay Archives

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Common Name The Sphere-Headed Elleanthus

Flower Size 1/5" [5 mm]

Found from Venezuela to Peru and Bolivia as a small to medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte occuring along stream beds at elevations of 400 to 2200 meters with an elongate stem carrying plicate, elliptic-lanceolate, articulate to the stem leaves and blooms on a terminal, 1" [2.5 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence subtended with lanceolate, acuminate bracts and all the flowers in a conical bunch at the apex of the cane..

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 5 COS 1994; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 2 Dodson 2002