Myrosmodes reticulata Szlach., Mytnik & S.Nowak e-published 2012
Type Drawing by © A. KroŽl and Pl. Syst. Evol. Szlach., Mytnik & S.Nowak 2012
Common Name The Reticulate Myrosmodes [refers to the lip]
Flower Size small
Found in Risaralda department of Colombia in dense cloud forests at elevations of 4400 to 4450 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing terrestrial with 4 to 7, in a basal rosette, ovate to broadly ovate, obtuse to subobtuse, narrowing below in to the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the winter on a terminal, erect, to 1.2" [3 cm] long, conical, very dense, many flowered inflorescence with scarious, semi-transparent floral bracts.
"This species is related to !Myrosmodes nubigenum Rchb.f. 1854, but the lip is subquadrate in outline, with stiff, oblong, truncate middle lip lobe. Venation of the lip is strongly thickened, forming a very characteristic net." Szlach., Mytnik & S.Nowak 2012
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Pl. Syst. Evol. Szlach., Mytnik & S.Nowak 2012 epublished drawing fide
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 2: 44 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2019 drawing fide
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