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(Last Modified On 11/13/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/13/2012)
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Species
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MALAXIS PITTIERI (Schltr.) Ames
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PlaceOfPublication
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Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 35:84. 1922.
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Synonym
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Microstylis Pittieri Schltr. in Fedde Rep. Sp. Nov. 12:203. 1913.
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Description
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Erect terrestrial herbs up to about 2 dm. tall. Stems short, fleshy or cormous, unifoliate. Leaves long-petiolate; lamina 2-3 cm. long and about 2-2.5 cm. broad, broadly ovate-cordate, acute or short-acuminate, membranaceous; petiole sheathing the lower half of the peduncle. Inflorescence a sublax, many-flowered raceme up to, about 9 cm. long. Dorsal sepal 2.2-2.7 mm. long and about 1 mm. broad, elliptic-oblong, obtuse. Lateral sepals about 2-2.3 mm. long and together about 1.7 mm. broad, suborbicular-ovate, connate 3/4 their length. Petals about 2.5 mm. long and 0.5 mm. broad, linear, acute or obtuse. Lip 2.2-2.5 mm. long and 2-2.5 mm. broad, 3-lobed, the disc cochleate and with a carinate U- shaped ridge in front; mid-lobe triangular-lanceolate; lateral lobes oblong-ovate.
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Distribution
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Known only from Panama.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: between Alto de Las Palmas and the top of Cerro de la Horqueta, alt. 2100-2268 I*., Pittier 3277.
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Note
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A rare species, distinctive because of the lobing of the lip.
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