Myoxanthus monophyllus

Myoxanthus monophyllus

Myoxanthus monophyllus is a large epiphytic orchid that occurs in the Andean foothills from Colombia to Peru.
Myoxanthus monophyllus (Orchidaceae) Hacienda Armorique, Junin, Peru. Aug 22, 2022 Geotagged,Myoxanthus monophyllus,Peru,Winter

Appearance

A large sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with slender, erect, ramicauls enveloped by 5 to 8, hispidulous, tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, thickly coriaceous, narrowly ovate, acute, cuneate below into the sessile base leaf that blooms in the spring and summer on a congested, fascile, .1" [1 to 2 mm] long, simultaneously single, many flowered inflorescence arising at the apex of the ramicaul, and has inflated, infundibular, coarsly long-pubescent floral bracts.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderAsparagales
FamilyOrchidaceae
GenusMyoxanthus
SpeciesMyoxanthus monophyllus
Photographed in
Peru