Gomphichis fernandezii S.Nowak & Szlach. 2014

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 Fernandez's Gomphichis [Colombian Orchid Enthusiast and Collector of species current]

Flower Size .12" [3 mm]

Found in Cesar, Boyaca, Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Cauca departments of Colombia in high montane forests, cloud forests and disturbed paramo at elevations around 2800 to 4300 meters as a medium to just large sized, cold growing terrestrial with 2 to 3 basal and 1 to 2 cauline, oblanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acute, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall and winter on a terminal, erect, slender, provided with 7 cauline sheaths, to 18" [45 cm] long, glabrous below, glandular towards the apex, densely many flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, acute, sparsely pubescent, somewhat longer than the ovary floral bracts and carrying small flowers.

"Appears to be similar to Gomphichis traceyae but easily separated by the 2 small baal calli smaller than 1/5th of the lip length asnd an epichile with a thin apex. Additionally it has lender and sparesly ciliate gynostemium veersus a stout, pubescent to densely pubescent in G traceyae."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: 55 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019 drawing fide

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