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(Last Modified On 11/19/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/19/2012)
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Species
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SCAPHYGLOTTIS MICRANTHA (Lindl.) Ames & Correll
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PlaceOfPublication
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Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harv. Univ. 10:85. 1942.
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Synonym
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Hexadesmia micrantha Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 30: Misc. 2. 1844; Reichb. f. Xenia Orch. 1:70, t. 59, figs. III, 6-10. 1856.
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Description
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Small, caespitose, epiphytic herbs up to about 20 cm. tall. Stems pseudo- bulbose, fusiform, stipitate, simple or rarely superimposed, 1- or usually 2-leaved at the apex. Leaves 3-12 cm. long and 0.15-0.5 cm. broad, linear, obtuse, usually bilobed at the apex. Inflorescence a terminal, slender, few- to many-flowered raceme about as long as or exceeding the leaves in length; flowers small. Dorsal sepal about 1.5 mm. long and 0.75 mm. broad, oval, acute. Lateral sepals 1.5-2 mm. long and 1-1.5 mm. broad, ovate, acute. Petals 1.5-2 mm. long and about 1 mm. broad, oval or ovate, obtuse. Lip 1.2-2 mm. long and 1.5-2.5 mm. broad, subreniform, trilobate,-in natural position the lateral lobes erect and surrounding the column and the terminal lobe deflexed.
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Distribution
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Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.
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Specimen
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"VERAGUAS and CHIRIQUI": Warscewicz.
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Note
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The smallest-flowered species of the genus.
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