Cyclopogon papilio Szlach. 1994
SUBGENUS Beadlea [Small] Szlach 1993
Photos by © Erick Velez Sanchez
Common Name The Butterfly Cyclopogon
Flower Size
Found in Chiapas state of Mexico and western Guatemala in cloud forests, humid forests and dry forests at elevcations of 1800 to 2500 meters as a medium to large sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with 4 to 6, lanceolate-ovate to elliptic-ovate, acute, delicate, fleshy, dark green to yellowish green above, pale sivery green below, basally attenuate into the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the winter on an erect, terminal, peduncle 16.4 to 28" [41 to 70 cm] long, glandular in the upper half especially towards the apex, provided with 6 to 8, the lower longer than the internodes, glabrous, shorter above, glandular outside and along the margins sheathing bracts, rachis 2.6 to 6.8" [6.5 to 17 cm] long, lax, 15 to 35 flowered inflorescence with ovate, hyaline margins,sparsely glandulous on the margins, acuminate, longer than the ovary floral bracts and carrying campanulate, medium sized, white flowers that dry yellow.
CAUTION !!! I have no way of verifying this determination so please use with caution!!!!
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 39: 425 Szlach 1994
Flora Mesoamerica Vol 7 Parte 2 Orchidaceae MBG UNAM 2023
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