Gomphichis carlos-parrae S.Nowak & Szlach 2014
Inflorescence in situ Cundinamarca Colombia Photo by Jay Pfahl
TYPE Drawing © by S.Nowak & Szlach and Plant Syst Evol 301: 61. Nowak, S., Szlachetko, D.L., Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. et al. 2015
Common Name Carlos Parra's Gomphichis [Colombian Collector of Type Current]
Flower Size
Found in Boyaca, Cundinamarca, Risaralda, Caldas, Cauca, Huila, Narino and Putumayo departments of Colombia inin subparamo, montane cloud forests and paramo at elevations around 2600 to 3800 meters as a large to giant sized, cold growing terrestrial with numerous, basal and a few cauline, linear-lanceolate, acute, erect, tapering towards the vaginate base leaves that blooms at any time of the year on a terminal, erect, with several bracts, to 44" [110 cm] long, cylindrical, densely many flowered inflorescence with oblong-elliptic, acute, sparsely glandular, longer than the ovary floral bracts and carrying rather large, externally hirsute flowers.
"Similar to Gomphichis viscosa but G carlos-parrae is separated by the very long leaves, petals as wide as the dorsal sepal and the gynostemium strongly swollen above the narrow base and the stigma is densely ciliate below. Also similar to Gomphichis caucana but it has petiolate, cauline leaves while G carlos-parrae has leaves gathered in a basal rosette, without a distinct petiolate base leaf." Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Plant Syst Evol 301: 61. Nowak, S., Szlachetko, D.L., Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. et al. 2015 drawing fide;
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 2: 82 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 2: 83 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019 drawing fide
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