Microchilus perijanus Ormerod 2009

TYPE Drawing by © Paul Ormerod and The Notulae Goodyerinae IV TAIWANIA, 54(1): 48 Ormerod 2009

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Common Name The Sierra de Perija Microchilus [A mountain in northeastern Cesar Colombia]

Flower Size .12" [3 mm]

Found in Cesar department of Colombia in temperate forests at elevations around 2375 meters as a miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial with a creeping, terete rhizome giving rise to an erect, terete stem carrying laxly 8 to 9, lanceolate , acute, narrowing below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the winter on an erect, pubescent, 11.8" [29.5 cm] long overall, peduncle to 8" [20 cm] long, provided with laxly 3 sheathing bracts, rachis to 3.76" [9.4 cm] long, sublaxly 22 flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, acute, longer than the ovary floral bracts and carrying externally pubescent, white flowers.

" This species appears to be most closely related to its Colombian congener M. platysepalus . It differs from the latter in having flowers with a shorter .0426" versus .066" versus .1" (1.65 vs. 2.5 mm) spur, oblong (not obliquely obovate-obcuneate) epichile lobules and a shorter .072 to .1" (1.8 vs. 2.5 mm) column." Ormerod 2009

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* The Notulae Goodyerinae IV TAIWANIA, 54(1): 48 Ormerod 2009 drawing fide;

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 1: 253 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2017 drawing fide;

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