Mesadenella cuspidata (Lindl.) Garay

Mesadenella cuspidata (Lindl.) Garay, Fl. Ecuador 9(225: 1): 238 (1978).

Mesadenella cuspidata (Lindl.) Garay; Photo Daniel Derlam

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym:

Cyclopogon albopunctatus Barb.Rodr.

Cyclopogon cuspidatus (Lindl.) Schltr.

Gyrostachys cuspidata (Lindl.) Kuntze

Habenaria margaritacea B.S.Williams

Mesadenella esmeraldae (Linden & Rchb.f.) Pabst & Garay

Mesadenella margaritifera (Linden & Rchb.f.) Garay

Serapias pumila Vell.

Spiranthes cuspidata Lindl.

Spiranthes esmeraldae Linden & Rchb.f.

Spiranthes margaritifera Linden & Rchb.f.

Stenorrhynchos esmeraldae (Linden & Rchb.f.) Cogn.

English Name:

The Three-Pointed Mesadenella.

Distribution:

Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela.

Ecological:

In moist forests at elevations of 500 to 1100 m,