Microchilus subquadratus Ormerod 2007

TYPE Drawing by Paul Ormerod and Harvard Pap. Bot. 11: 171 fig 30 Ormerod 2005

Common Name The Close to M quadratus Microchilus

Flower Size .12" [3 mm]

Found in the Darien of Panama and Choco department of Colombia in tropical premontane wet at elevations under 600 meters as a small sized, hot to warm growing terrestrial with an erect, terete stem carrying 4, obliquely ovate-elliptic to elliptic, acute, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, terminal, pubescent, 13.8" [34.5 mm] long, peduncle 5.12" [12.8 cm] long, provided with about 15 sheathing bracts, rachis 8.68" [21.7 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, acute, longer than the the ovary floral bracts and carrying externally pubescent, white flowers.

"This species is similar to Microchilus maasii but it has smaller flowers with the sepals to .22" [5.5 mm] long), a labellum with a subtrilobed hypochile and a shorter column .108 to .124" [2.7 to 3.1 mm] long. In M. maasii the flowers are larger with the sepals .24 to .34" [6 to 8.5 mm] long), the labellum has entire hypochile and the column is longer .136 to .154" [3.4 to 3.85 mm] long. " Ormerod 2007

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Harvard Pap. Bot. 11: 172 Ormerod 2007

Harvard Pap. Bot. 11: 171 fig 30 Ormerod 2005 drawing fide;

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 1: 352 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2017 drawing fide;

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