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Holotipo
Epidendrum pacholguitarum Ordóñez-Blanco, E. Santiago et Hágsater
(Orchidaceae)
Collection: Ordóñez-Blanco, J. C. - 3430 Collection object
| Herbarium stamp | 37224 |
| Preparations | Fotografía - 1: JBB37555; Excicado - 1 |
| Determiner | Ordóñez-Blanco, J. C. |
| Determination date | 2023 |
Collecting event
| Country | Colombia |
| State/Province | Bogotá, D.C. |
| County | Bogotá |
| Locality | Engativá. Predios del JBB |
| Coordinates (verbatim) | Not available |
| Latitud decimal | Not available |
| Longitud decimal | Not available |
| Elevation (in meters) | Not available |
| Collection date | 2022-05-15 |
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Division | Tracheophyta |
| Superclass | Angiospermae |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Asparagales |
| Family | Orchidaceae |
| Genus | Epidendrum |
| Species | pacholguitarum |
| Species author | Ordóñez-Blanco, E. Santiago et Hágsater |
| Scientific name | Epidendrum pacholguitarum Ordóñez-Blanco, E. Santiago et Hágsater |
Biological attributes
| Phenology | Floración |
| Plant description | Lithophytic, sympodial, caespitose, erect herb, ca. 45 cm tall. Roots ca. 3 mm in diameter, basal, thin. Stems 25–30 × 0.4–0.5 cm, simple, cane-like, terete, erect, straight; at base covered by non-foliar, minutely striated, tubular sheaths 3.5–5.0 cm long. Leaves 10, distributed throughout stem, alternate, spreading, sub-coriaceous, basal smaller than apical; sheath 2.2–2.5 × 0.4–0.5 cm, tubular, minutely striated, green; blade 6–9.5 × 1.5–2.3 cm, elliptic, obtuse, margin entire, spreading. Spathe lacking. Inflorescence 14 cm long, apical, racemose, flowering only once, erect, few-flowered, lax; peduncle 7.5 cm long, straight, thin, provided with 5 narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, amplexicaul bracts, each bract 2.5–4.5 cm long; rachis 6.5 cm long, thin, erect, straight. Floral bracts 6–9 mm long, shorter than ovary, narrowly triangular, acuminate, amplexicaul. Flowers 6, simultaneous, resupinate, green, apical half of column and lip white, lip with reddish purple dotted lines on ribs and thickened veins; disc with a ring purple, fragrance not recorded. Ovary 23 mm long including pedicel, terete, thin, not inflated, arching at apical 1/3. Sepals 10.0–10.5 × 3.7–4.2 mm, spreading, free, oblanceolate-spatulate, obtuse, slightly concave towards apex, margin entire, spreading. Petals 11.7 × 0.15 mm, reflexed, free, filiform, apex rounded, oblique, margin entire. Lip 9.5 × 11.7 mm, united to column, convex, 3-lobed, base cordate, margin entire; bicallose, calli laterally flattened; disc with 5 fleshy, parallel ribs extending nearly to apical sinus with multiple shorter thickened radiating veins; lateral lobes 5 × 6 mm, dolabriform, margin sub-entire; mid-lobe 3.5 × 11.7 mm, widely emarginate, forming a pair of narrowly triangular, oblique, acute and divaricate lobes, each lobe 6 × 2.1 mm (at base). Column 9 mm long, straight, thin along basal 2/3 and gradually widening towards apex. Clinandrium-hood reduced, margin entire. Anther ovoid, 4-celled. Pollinia 4, bird-wing type; caudicles laminar, somewhat shorter than pollinia. Rostellum apical, slit; viscarium semi-liquid. Lateral lobes of stigma, Cuniculus and Capsule not seen. |
| Locality and habit remarks | Bosque Andino |
Cite as
Herbario JBB en línea - Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis. 2024-11-23
Modified: 2023-06-29 13:23:35
GUID: e2391c9a-c441-40ef-9d1d-8a9c66819304
