Microchilus pacaizapae Ormerod 2007

TYPE Drawing by Paul Ormerod and Harvard Pap. Bot. 9: 165 fig 22 Ormerod 2005

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Common NameThe San Juan de Pacaizapa Microchilus [A town in San Martin department of Peru]

Flower Size .12" [3 mm]

Found in San Martin department of Peru at elevations above 1000 to 1050 meters as a small to medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with an erect, terete stem carrying laxly 6, shiny deep green above, obliquely elliptic, subacuminate, margins gently undulate, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the late fall on an erect, terminal, pubescent, 10.48" [36.5 cm] long, peduncle [26.9 cm] long, provided with 4 to 6 sheathing bracts, rachis 3.8" [9.6 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence with ovate-elliptic, acute, longer than than the the ovary floral bracts and carrying externally pubescent, pale yellow orange flowers.

"This species is closely related to Microchilus major but it has longer sepals .26 versus .2" (6.5 vs. 5 mm), a broader dorsal sepal .1 versus .64" (2.5 vs. 1 .6 mm), a shorter spur .13 versus .16" (3.25 vs. 4 mm) and shorter column .1 versus .12" (2.5 vs. 3 mm." Ormerod 2007

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Harvard Pap. Bot. 11: 166 Ormerod 2007

Harvard Pap. Bot. 9: 165 fig 22 Ormerod 2005 drawing fide;

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