!Neocogniauxia monophylla (Griseb.) Schltr. 1913 Photo by © Erik Vallee

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Common Name Single-leafed Neocogniauxia

Flower Size 3/4 to 2" [2 to 5 cm]

A small sized, Jamaican, single leafed epiphyte from the Blue mountains at elevations of 1000 to 1600 meters with a creeping rhizome, from which arises a slender, erect stem carrying a single, apical, erect to arcuate, linear-elliptic or linear-oblong, obtuse leaf and occuring where it is cold, breezy and constantly moist, grow with good shade and it will bloom in the fall and winter on an erect to arching, to 8" [20 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence that arises from the apex of the stem and is longer than the leaves, if given bright airy well watered conditions in the cold house.

Synonyms Epidendrum brachyglossum Cogn 1909; Laelia monophylla (Griseb.) N.E. Br. 1882; Octadesmia monophylla [Griseb] Benth. & Hook. f. 1883; *Trigonidium monophyllum Greisb. 1864

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Symbolae Antillanae Vol VI Orchidaceae Urban 1909 as Octadesmia monophylla; Symbolae Antillanae Vol VI Orchidaceae Urban 1909 as Epidendrum brachyglossum; Symbolae Antillanae Vol VI Orchidaceae Urban 1909; Flora of Jamaica Fawcett & Rendle 1910 as Epidendrum brachyglossum; Flora of Jamaica Fawcett & Rendle 1910 as Laelia monophylla; AOS Bulletin Vol 29 No 7 1960 drawing as Laelia monophylla; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 photo good; The Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol 4 Withner 1996 photo fide

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