Aspidogyne foliosa (Poepp. & Endl.) Garay 1977
Plant and Flowers Photos by © Gerard Guillot The Orchidees de Guyane website
Drawing of Physurus densiflorus Drawing by © von Martius, Eichler, Urban © and Wikimedia website
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Common Name The Leafy Aspidogyne
Flower Size 3/8" [9 mm]
Found in Surinam, Fr Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil as a small sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial with an erect, leafy stem carrying ovate, obtuse, gradually narrowing below into the conduplicate, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the winter on a terminal, erect, 4" [10 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence with 2, lanceolate, acute bracts and the flowers held in an apical corymb.
Synonyms Aspidogyne aratanhensis (Barb.Rodr.) Baptista 2005; Aspidogyne multifoliata (C.Schweinf.) Garay 1977; Aspidogyne oreadum (S.Moore) Garay 1977; Erythrodes aratanhensis (Barb.Rodr.) Ames 1922; Erythrodes densiflora (Lindl.) Ames 1922; Erythrodes foliosa (Poepp. & Endl.) Ames 1922; Erythrodes multifoliata C.Schweinf. 1941; Erythrodes oreadum (S.Moore) Pabst 1957; Erythrodes stenocentron (Schltr.) Ames 1922; Microchilus densiflorus (Lindl.) D.Dietr. 1852; Microchilus foliosus (Poepp. & Endl.) D.Dietr. 1852; *Pelexia foliosa Poepp. & Endl.1837; Physurus aratanhensis Barb.Rodr. 1882; Physurus oreadum S.Moore 1895; Physurus densiflorus Lindl. 1840; Physurus foliosus (Poepp. & Endl.) Lindl. 1840; Physurus stenocentron Schltr. 1921
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list IPNI ; Studies in the family Orchidaceae Vol VII Ames 1922 as Erythrodes aratahensis; Studies in the family Orchidaceae Vol VII Ames 1922 as Erythrodes densiflora; Studies in the family Orchidaceae Vol VII Ames 1922 as Erythrodes foliosa; Studies in the family Orchidaceae Vol VII Ames 1922 as Erythrodes stenocentron; Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XIL II 13-43 Hoehne 1945 as Physurus oreadum; Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XIL II 13-43 Hoehne; 1945 as Physurus densiflorus drawing ok; Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XIL II 13-43 Hoehne 1945 as Physurus aratanhensis drawing ok; Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XIL II 13-43 Hoehne 1945 as Physurus foliosa; Orchids of Peru Vol 1 Schweinfurth 1958 as Erythrodes foliosa; Orchids of Peru Vol 1 Schweinfurth 1958 as Erythrodes multifoliata drawing fide; Orchids of Peru Vol 1 Schweinfurth 1958 as Erythrodes stenocentron; Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 1 1969 as Erythrodes foliosa drawing fide; Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol. 5 Dunsterville and Garay 1972 as Erythrodes foliosa drawing not = Aspidogyne confusa; Flora de Venezuela Volumen 15 Parte 1 Foldats 1969 as Erythrodes foliosa; Orchidaceae Brasilensis Vol 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as Erythrodes densiflora drawing good; Orchidaceae Brasilensis Vol 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as Erythrodes aratanhensis drawing good; Orchidaceae Brasilensis Vol 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as Erythrodes foliosa drawing ok; Orchidaceae Brasilensis Vol 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as Erythrodes oreadum drawing ok; Flora of Ecuador 225 [1] Garay 1978 as A multifoliata; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000 drawing fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 2 Dodson 2001 as Erythrodes multifoliata drawing fide; Orchids of French Guiana Szlatchenko, Veyret, Mytnik-Ejsmont, Sawicka, Rutowski and Baranow 2012 drawing; Orchidees du Bresil As Orquideas da Serra Do Castelo Vol 1 Chiron & Bolsanello 2015 drawing good/photo hmm
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