Sarcoglottis acaulis

Sarcoglottis acaulis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 6: 53 (1919).

Sarcoglottis acaulis Schltr., Photo by Gervais de Matas

its native range is Grenada to Central & S. Tropical America.

Latin Name: 

Sarcoglottis acaulis Schltr.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Arethusa picta Anderson

Gyrostachys picta Kuntze

Gyrostachys sarcoglottis Kuntze

Narica moschata Raf.

Neottia acaulis Sm.

Neottia picta Sims

Sarcoglottis allemanii Barb.Rodr.

Sarcoglottis picta Klotzsch

Sarcoglottis speciosa C.Presl

Spiranthes acaulis (Sm.) Cogn.

Spiranthes allemanii (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn.

Spiranthes speciosa (C.Presl) Lindl.

Synoplectris picta Raf.

English Name:

The Stemless Sarcoglottis.

Description: 

It has a basal rosette of obovate-elliptic, acute to subacute, velvety green above and duller green mottled with white below leaves that blooms in the winter on an erect, racemose, to 75 cm long, pubescent, several (5 to 10) flowered inflorescence with erect, lanceolate, acute bracts that are longer than the ovary.

Distribution:

Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Ecological:

In tropical wet montane forests at elevations of sealevel to 1200 meters as a small to giant sized, deciduous leafed, terrestrial orchid that is warm to cool growing.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the winter.

Flower size:

2.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Grow in moderate lighting. Plant grows in cool to warm temperatures and should be water regularly. Keep potting media moist. Pot with fine to medium grade bark or soil.

Typus:

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- https://www.ipni.org/n/227707-2

- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:227707-2

- http://www.orchidspecies.com/sarcogacaulis.htm.

- https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Sarcoglottis