Microchilus ventosus Ormerod 2008

TYPE Drawing by Paul Ormerod and Harvard Pap. Bot. 13: 82 fig 36 Ormerod 2008

LATE EARLY

Common Name The Windy? Microchilus

Flower Size .12" [3 mm]

Found in Antioquia department of Colombia at elevations around 1650 to 1810 meters as a medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with a terete, purple stem carrying 4 to 5, elliptic, subacuminate, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the late summer and early fall on an erect, terminal, pubescent, 26.92" [67.3 cm] long, peduncle 11.6 to 14.2" [29 to 35.5 cm] long, provided with 6, scattered sheathing bracts, rachis 12.72" [31.8 cm] long, sublaxly many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acute, longer than the ovary floral bracts and carrying externally pubescent white flowers

"Microchilus ventosus is closely related to M alzatei, both coming from Municipio Campamento, Department of Antioquia, Colombia. However, M. ventosus differs from M. alzatei in having flowers with a broader .078 versus .052" (1.95 vs. 1.30 mm) dorsal sepal, broader .07" versus .052 to .056" (1.75 vs. 1.3 to 1.4 mm) lateral sepals, broader .056 versus .04" (1.4 vs. 1 mm) petals, and an elliptic (not pandurate) labellum hypochile that is also more suddenly narrowed apically." Ormerod 2008

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Harvard Pap. Bot. 13: 84 Ormerod 2008

Harvard Pap. Bot. 13: 82 fig 37 Ormerod 2008 drawing fide;

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 1: 316 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2017 drawing fide;

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