Gomphichis cladotricha Renz 1948 Photo by © Luis Eduardo Alvarez
Drawing/collection sheet by © Jany Renz
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Common Name The Two Haired ? Gomphichis
Flower Size
Found in Cundinamarca department of Colombia at elevations around 2800 meters as a large to giant sized, cold growing terrestrial that with leaves not seen that blooms in the summer on a terminal, erect, peduncle to 48" [120 cm] long, rachis 6 to 12" [15 to 30 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with oblong-ligulate, pubescent, longer than the ovary floral braacts.
"Very similar to Gomphichis altissima and described at the same time but G. cladotricha has oblong elliptic petals with an obtuse to subtruncate apex while G. altissima has obovate petals with an acute apex." Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Candollea 11: 256 Renz 1948
Orquideas Tesoro de Colombia Ortiz & Uribe 2017 drawing/photo ok
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 2: 65 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019
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