IOSPE PHOTOS

Brachystele dilatata (Lindl.) Schltr. 1920

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Drawing by © Hoehne

Common Name or Meaning The Broad Brachystele

Flower Size .36" [9 mm]

Found in Peru, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay as a small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial orchid with a few elliptic, acute to acuminate, abruptly narrowing below into the elongate, petiolate base leaves that blooms on a terminal, erect, 12" [30 cm] long, enveloped by linear, acute, inflated bracts, densely many flowered, conical inflorescence with and as long as the ovary floral bracts.

Synonyms Brachystele hoehnei Pabst 1971; Brachystele ulaei (Cogn.) Schltr. 1920; Cyclopogon icmadophilus (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. 1920; Gyrostachys dilatata (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; *Spiranthes dilatata Lindl. 1840; Spiranthes icmadophila Barb.Rodr.1881; Spiranthes ulaei Cogn. 1895; Stenorrhynchos icmadophilum (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr. 1881

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 474 :Lindley 1840 as Spiranthes dilatata

Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2(Index): xv Barb Rodr. 1881 as Stenorrhynchos icmadophilum

Rev. Engenh. 3: 144 Barb Rodr 1881 as Spiranthes icmadophila

Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 Kuntze 1891 as Gyrostachys dilatata

Fl. Bras. 3(4): 207 Cogniaux 1895 as Spiranthes dilatata

Fl. Bras. 3(4): 207 Cogniaux 1895 as Spiranthes ulaei

Fl. Bras. 3(4): tab 47 Cogniaux 1895 as Spiranthes ulaei drawing fide

* Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 373 Schlechter 1920

Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 374 Schlechter 1920 as Brachystele ulaei

Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 389 Schlechter 1920 as Cyclopogon icmadophilus

Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 35: 30 1925 as Cyclopogon ichmaophila;