!Microthelys minutiflora (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Garay 1980 publ. 1982
Photo/Drawing by © Orquideas del Estado de Morelos ORQUÍDEA (MÉX.) VOLUMEN 16 NÚMERO ÚNICO enero 2002
Scan by © Jany Renz and the Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria
Common Name The Small Flowered Microthelys
Flower Size .4” [1 cm] long
Found in San Luis Potosí, Morelos and Chiapas states Mexico and Guatemala on extremely sunny, sandy slopes at elevations around 1500 meters as a small sized, cool growing terrestrial orchid with fasciculate-tuberous roots giving rise to 1 or 2, basal, petiolate, elliptic leaves that are not present at blooming occuring in the winter on an erect stem enveloped by tubular, acute to acuminate sheaths, 6” [15 cm] long, rachis, racemose, to 3” [7.5 cm] long, ascending, spiralling, laxly to about 7 flowered inflorscence with whitish green flowers with a scarlet spot on the lip.
Synonyms Brachystele minutiflora (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Burns-Bal. 1986; Funkiella minutiflora (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Salazar & Soto Arenas 2011; Galeottiella minutiflora (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Szlach. 1991; Mesadenus minutiflorus (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Schltr. 1920; *Spiranthes minutiflora A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 3: 32 A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845 as Spiranthes minutiflora
Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 368 Schlechter 1920 as Mesadenus minutiflorus
* Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 337 Garay 1980 publ. 1982
Orquidea (Mexico City), n.s., 10: 92 Burns-Bal. 1986 as Brachystele minutiflora
Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 35: 63 Szlach 1991 as Galeottiella minutiflora
Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000 drawing fide;
Orquideas del Estado de Morelos ORQUÍDEA (MÉX.) VOLUMEN 16 NÚMERO ÚNICO enero 2002 drawing/photo fide;
Acta Bot. Mex. 97: 51 Salazar & Soto Arenas 2011 as Funkiella minutiflora
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