Tetramicra canaliculata

 Tetramicra canaliculata Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 306 (1918).

Tetramicra canaliculata Urb. Photo by Nike Umpierre  

its native range is SE. Florida to Caribbean, French Guiana.

Latinh Name: 

Tetramicra canaliculata Urb. 

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Bletia rigida (Willd.) Rchb.f.

Bletia schomburgkii Rchb.f.

Bletia subaequalis (Eggers) Rchb.f.

Brassavola elegans (Ham.) Hook.

Brassavola rigida (Willd.) Bold.

Cymbidium rigidum Willd.

Cyrtopodium elegans Ham.

Epidendrum canaliculatum (Aubl.) Poir.

Epidendrum subaequale Eggers

Limodorum canaliculatum Aubl.

Oncidium elegans (Ham.) Beer

Tetramicra elegans (Ham.) Cogn.

Tetramicra rigida (Willd.) Lindl..

English Name:

Groove Leafed Tetramicra.

Description: 

With sticklike short stems enveloped basally by imbricate, papery sheaths carrying 2 to 5 distichous, fleshy, semi-terete, linear-subulate, acute, channeled leaves and blooms on a 70 cm long, slender, racemose, few to 8 flowered inflorescence that has several sheaths and ovate, acute bracts and the apically located, flowers opening in succession with up to 4 open at a time, all occuring in late spring and summer with slightly fragrant, showy flowers.

Distribution:

Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Haiti, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.

Ecological:

As a small sized, warm growing, lithophytic or epiphytic found in lowland scrub at the base of rosemary bushes or on rocky hillsides among limestone in full sun.

Flowering times:

Blooms in late spring and summer.

Flower size:

2.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Temperature: Intermediate

Light Level: Medium-High

Type:

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- orchidspecies.com

- ipni.org

- powo.science.kew.org

- orchidweb.com

- orchids.fandom.com