!Crossoglossa blephariglottis (Schltr.) Dressler ex Dodson 1993

Plant in situ Costa Rica Photo by © Alexey Yakovlev and his Flickr Orchid Photo Website

Drawing Drawing as Malaxis blephariglottis by © John Atwood and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Fringed Lip Crossoglottis

Flower Size .08" [2 mm]

Found in Costa Rica and western Panama in wet montane forests at elevations of 800 to 2400 meters as a medium sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial with short stems enveloped by leaf sheaths and carrying many, elliptic to oblanceolate-ligulate, acute to acuminate, membraneous, gradually narrowing below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms at any time of the year on a terminal, erect, elongate, successively many flowered, racemose inflorescence with lanceolate, acuminate, entire to lacerate, cucullate floral bracts and carrying non-resupinate flowers

CAUTION!! The photo above is close but not exact to C blephariglottis, as the lip is not visibly acute [it may be apically revolute and so not visble as acute in the photo] at the apex so please use with caution, all other aspects appear correct.

Synonyms Malaxis blephariglottis (Schltr.) Ames 1922; Microstylis blephariglottis Schltr. 1913

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Panama L.O. Williams & P Allen 1946 as Malaxis blephariglottis; Icones Plantarum Tropicarum Plate 1331 Atwood 1989 as Malaxis blephariglottis drawing fide to the drawing; *Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 1 Dodson/Escobar 1993; Field Guide tothe Orchids of Costa Rica and Panama Dressler 1993; Orquideologa Vol 20 #3 1997 drawing/photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001; Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Hammel, Grayum, Herrera and Zamora 2003; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 4 Epidendroideae Part 1 Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmusen 2005 drawing fide;

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