Gomphichis pseudogoodyeroides 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

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Common Name The False G goodyeroidees Gomphichis

Flower Size

Found in Boyacá, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Nariño, Norte de Santander and Quindio departments of Colombia in cloud forests and paramo in mosses at elevations around 1050 to 3900 meters as a large sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with basal, oblong-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acute to subacute, tapering towards the base leaves that blooms in the winter and fall on a terminal, erect, peduncle 34" [85 cm] long, provided with several glabrous below, glandular above sheathing bracts, rachis to 6" [15 cm] long, cylindrical, densely many flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, acute, pubescent, almost twice as long as the ovary floral bracts and carrying externally pubescent flowers especially near the base.

"Distinguished from Gomphichis goodyeroides by the elliptic petals that are wider than the dorsal sepal and the lip with a prominent furrow along the midvein, with 2 fleshy and thick keels along its margins." 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: 68 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 2: 69 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019 drawing fide

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