Ponthieva parvula Schltr. 1912
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TYPE Drawing by © Schlechter/Mansfield and Repert, spec. nov. regni veg. Beih Vol 49 taf 7 #28 Schlechter/Mansfield 1931
LATE 
EARLY 
Common Name The Small Flowered Ponthieva
Flower Size .16" [4 mm]
Found in Chiapas state of Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras at elevations up to 1600 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing terrestrial with 3 basal, rosulate, elliptic, obtuse to subacute, basally rounded into the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the late fall and early winter on an erect, terminal, peduncle 2 to 2.4" [5 to 6 cm] long, green becoming white with age, pubescent, rachis 1 to 1.2" [2.5 to 3 cm] long, successively few flowered inflorescence with ovate, acuminate, as long as the ovary floral bracts.
"Schlechter stated that this mini-miniature species has the the smallest flower he had encountered thus far and the species was certainly characterized by its lip.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI
* Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 394 Schlechter 1912
Repert, spec. nov. regni veg. Beih Vol 49 taf 7 #28 Schlechter/Mansfield 1931 Drawing fide
Orchids of Guatemala and Belize: 89 Ames & Correl 1985;
Orchids of Mexico Hagsater etal 2005 photo hmm;
Orchid Genera and Species in Guatemala Archila, Szlachchetko, Chiron, Lipinska, Mystkowska and Bertolini 2018
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