Veyretia neuroptera (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Szlach. 1995 Photos by © José A. Radins Argentina

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Common Name The Veined Column Wing Veyretia

Flower Size 3/8" [9 mm]

Found in Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina as a small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial at moderate elevations with leaves that are not present at flowering and an erect, glabrous below and pilose above, 6 to 16" [15 to 40 cm] long, 2 to 10 flowered inflorescence enveloped basally by 3 to 9, distant, acumiante, glabrous bracts.

Synonyms Gyrostachys neuroptera (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Kuntze 1891; Sarcoglottis butantanensis (Hoehne) Hoehne & Schltr. 1921; Sarcoglottis camposnovensis (Hoehne) Hoehne 1923; Sarcoglottis neuroptera (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Schltr. 1920; Sarcoglottis neuroptera var. camposnovensis (Hoehne) Hoehne 1945; Spiranthes butantanensis Hoehne 1918; Spiranthes camposnovensis Hoehne 1912; Spiranthes lindmaniana Kraenzl, 1911; *Spiranthes neuroptera Rchb.f. & Warm. 1881; Spiranthes simplex var. neuroptera (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Cogn.1895; Veyretia lindmaniana (Kraenzl.) Szlach 1995; Veyretia neuroptera var. camposnovensis (Hoehne) Szlach. 1995

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI Otia Botanica Hamburgensia Rchb.f 1881 as Spiranthes neuroptera; Flora Brasilica Vol XII II Hoehne 1945 as Sarcoglottis neuroptera drawing fide; Flora Brasilica Vol XII II Hoehne 1945 as Sarcoglottis neuroptera var camposnovensis drawing fide; Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 1 1969 as Spiranthes neuroptera; Orchids of The Brazilian Central Plateau Menezes 2004 as Sarcoglottis neuroptera photo fide

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