Cyclopogon lindleyanus (Link, Klotzsch & Otto) Schltr. 1920
SUBGENUS Beadlea [Small] Szlach 1993
Photos by © Alexander Moran
Photo by © Eric Hunt
Photo by of Jay Pfahl.
Photo by of Eric Hunt, plant grown by Echo Valley Orchids.
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TYPE Drawing of Spiranthes lindleyanus
TYPE Drawing of Spiranthes lindleyanus by Link, Klotzsch & Otto 1840
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Common Name Lindley's Cyclopogon [English Botanist 1800's]
Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]
Found in Venezuela, Santander and Cundinamarca departments of Colombia, Ecuador, Ancash department of Peru, Bolivia and Salta department of Argentinaa in upper montane cloud forests and in evenly moist, dense to slightly open forests at elevations around 1600 to 2800 meters as a miniature to medium sized, warm to cool growing, terrestrial with spathulate, variegated dark green and white, petiolate leaf that is cuneate into the basal petiole blooming in the late winter to spring on a terminal, erect, thin, pale rose to greenish, peduncle 19.2 to 21.5" [48 to 53 cm] long, provided with several, acuminate sheathing bracts, rachis 1.6 to 3.6" [4 to 9 cm] long, racemose, many [70] flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, subulate, acuminate, longer than the ovary floral bracts with the small flowers densely clustered and spiralling towards the apex.
The inflorescence arises in the late fall to early winter, taking from 6 to 10 weeks to mature, from the center of the rosette of leaves after the maturation of the plant. The successively opening flowers arise most often in late February to early April and last 6 to 10 weeks with 10 or so flowers open at any one time.
Distinguished by the plain green leaves with silver green longitudinal stripes, the dark greeen sepals, and the green petals with pink apices, the pale pinkish white lip with a flared apex with a transversely reniform apical lobe, a clawed base that is longer than wide, the large horn-like calli that extend from the margin of the lateral lobes of the lip and the glabrous column.
The cultural requirements of this species are akin to Phalaenopsis except for the potting media which should be a soiless mix such as Promix or Sun Mix or even pure sphagnum moss. Yearly repotting in the spring after blooming is nessesary to promote good growth
Synonyms Beadlea lindleyana (Link, Klotzsch & Otto) Garay & Dunst.1979; Cyclopogon densiflorus Schltr. 1921; Cyclopogon pamii (Braid) Mansf. & Herter 1940; Gyrostachys lindleyana (Link, Klotzsch & Otto) Kuntze 1891; *Spiranthes lindleyana Link, Klotzsch & Otto 1840; Spiranthes pamii Braid 1924; Spiranthes pamii var. brevipetiolatus Braid 1924; Spiranthes pamii var. bruneolus Braid 1924; Spiranthes pamii var. spiralis Braid 1924
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Icon. Pl. Rar. 1: 26 Link, Klotzsch & Otto 1840 as Spiranthes lindleyana
Icon. Pl. Rar. 1: Taf 11 Link, Klotzsch & Otto 1840 as Spiranthes lindleyana drawing fide
Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 Kuntze 1891 as Gyrostachys lindleyana
* Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 389 Schlechter 1920
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 9: 59 Schlechter 1921 as Cyclopogon densiflorus
Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Spiranthes lindleyana drawing fide;
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924: 204 Braid 1924 as C pamii
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924: 204 Braid 1924 as C pamii var brevipetiolatus
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924: 204 Braid 1924 as C pamii var bruneolus
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924: 204 Braid 1924as C pamii var spiralis
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 47: 108 fig 422 1929 as C densiflorus drawing fide;
Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 150 Mansf. & Herter 1940 as Cyclopogon pamii;
Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43: 181 Hoehne 1945;
Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43: 180 Hoehne 1945 as C densiflorus;
Venezuelan Orchids Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1959 Spiranthes lindleyana ok;
AOS Bulletin Vol 38 No 6 1969 as Spiranthes lindleyana;
Orchids of Venezuela, An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 1: 24 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 as Beadlea lindlyanus drawing ok;
Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 427 Dodson 1989 drawing ok; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 5 COS 1994 photo fide;
Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 1 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing ok;
Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 41 pg 2565 - 2625 Brieger 2001 as Beadlea lindleyana photo plant only;
AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 2 2005 photo fide;
Flora of Ecuador # 76 225 [2] Orchidaceae Dodson/Luer 2005
Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko Bermudez 2009 green flowers bottom of page photo fide the other not;
AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #7 2010 photo fide;
Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 photo fide
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia: 262 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia: 263 fig 256 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019 drawing fide
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