GROUP Amblostoma SUBGROUP Amblostomioides
Characterized by the caespitose habit,. the thinly fusiform stems carrying narrow, apically bilobed, subcoriaceous leaves distributed towards the paical half of the stem that blooms on an often large, apical, erecct, paniculate infloresence carrying greenish yellow to white flowers with a 3 lobed lip and with the ovaries and sepals usually dorsally pubescent
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum Plate 055 Bennett & Christenson 1993; Icones Orchidacearum 2 Plate 132 Hagsater & Salazar 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 2 Plate 149 Hagsater 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 444 Hagsater & Salazar 2001 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 7 Plate 704 Hagsater & Sanchez & Garcia-Cruz 2004; Icones Orchidacearum 7 Plate 734 Hagsater & Sanchez & Garcia-Cruz 2004; Icones Orchidacearum 7 Plate 749 Hagsater & Sanchez & Garcia-Cruz 2004; Icones Orchidacearum 8 Plate 863 Hagsater & Sanchez & Garcia-Cruz 2006; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1333 Hagsater 2010 see recognitionm section
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