Cyclopogon ovalifolius C.Presl. 1827
SUBGENUS Cyclopogon
Photo by © Alexander Hirtz
TYPE Drawing by © Presley
Drawing by © Calaway Dodson
EARLY
Common Name or Meaning The Oval Leaved Cyclopogon
Flower Size .16" [4 mm]
Found in Costa Rica, Colombia, Pastaza province of Ecuador and Peru in montane pluvial forests at elevations around 1000 to 2150 meters as a small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with a very short stem carrying 5 to 7, basal, whorled, narrowly ovate, obtuse to acuminate apically, basally subtruncate, into the elongate, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall through early winter on a terminal, erect, peduncle to 8.4 to 12.4" " [21 to 31 cm] long, provided with several, loose, glandular sheathing bracts, secund, rachis 1.6 to 5.6" [4 to 14 cm] long, loosely many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate-linear to linear-setaceous, herbaceous, glabrous, much longer than the ovary floral bracts and carrying small, tubular, greenish to brownish greenish flowers.
Distinguished by the sepals basally united to form a cylindrical tube that is .1 to .14" [2.5 to 3.5 mm] long, the basally rounded blade of the leaf and the sagittate base of the lip.
"Easily separated from Cyclopogon secundum by the truncate, basal lip auricles." Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019
CAUTION!!! Dodson has 2 drawings made 4 years apart that are completly different, I assume that the newest one is correct, but have provided the first one in case it is more correct. Please use either with caution!!!!
Synonyms Gyrostachys ovalifolia (C.Presl) Kuntze 1891; Spiranthes preslii Lindl. 1840
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Reliq. Haenk. 1: 93 C Presly. 1827
Reliq. Haenk. 1: tab 13 C Presly. 1827 Drawing fide
Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 470 Lindley 1840 as Spiranthes preslii nom. superfl.
Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 Kuntze 1891 as Gyrostachys ovalifolia
Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43: 181 Orchidaceae Hoehne 1945;
Flora of Ecuador No 9 225[1] Garay 1978;
Icones Plantarum Tropicarum Plate 430 Dodson 1989 Drawing hmm;
Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 1: 161 Dodson 1993 drawing fide;
Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 1: 161 fig 269 Dodson 1993 as C sp photo fide
Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 41 pg 2565 - 2625 Brieger 2001 drawing fide;
Flora of Ecuador 225 [2] Orchidaceae Dodson 2005 drawing fide;
Orquideas Da Chapada Diamantina Brito & Cribb 2005;
Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide;
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 2: 246 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 2: 247 fig 236 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019
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