Cleistes fragrans (Schltr.) Schltr. 1926 C vinosa Group
In situ Plants Sao Paulo beach Photos by © Jay Pfahl
Drawing TYPE Drawing of Pogonia fragrans by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
EARLY
Common Name The Fragrant Cleistes
Flower Size 6" [15 cm]
Found in coastal Sao Paulo Brazil near the beach as a large sized, warm growing terrestrial with an erect, elongate stem carrying erect-patent, glaucous, grey green, somewhat coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, amplexicaul below into the base leaves that blooms in the fall and winter on terminal, single flowered inflorescence carrying fragrant flowers.
Synonyms *Pogonia fragrans Schltr. 1922
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol VII 1 1-12 Hoehne 1940 drawing fide; Orchidaceae Brasiliensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide
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