Sigmatostalix morganii Dodson 1980 Photo by Jay Pfahl
Another Flower Photo courtesy of Dr Leslie Garay Copyright © , and the Dr Leslie Garay Archives
Another Clone Photo courtesy of Oliver Lenhard and his Orchideen Website
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Common Name Morgan's Sigmatostalix
Flower Size 5/8" [1.8 cm]
Found in southwestern Ecuador in extremely wet montane forests as a miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte at elevations of 900 to 1000 meters with a short rhizome, carrying closely spaced, ovate, edges ancipitous, flattened pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several conduplicate sheaths with the uppermost being foliaceous and carrying a single apical, narrowly elliptic-oblong, acute leaf that narrows basally into the petiole and blooms on a lateral, basal, erect, to 6" [15 cm] long, shortly paniculate inflorescence with each terminal end carrying a successively single flower occuring over a long period of time and can occur at most any time of the year.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 301 Dodson 1980; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 5 Dodson 2004; Orchid Species Culture Oncidium/Odontoglossum Alliance Bakers 2006
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