Lepanthes woodburyana Stimson

  • Authority

    Ackerman, James D. 1995. An orchid flora of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 73: 1-203.

  • Family

    Orchidaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Lepanthes woodburyana Stimson

  • Description

    Species Description - Plants epiphytic or lithophytic, caespitose. Roots several, filiform, ca. 0.5 mm wide. Stems slender, erect, unifoliate, to 18 cm long, covered by 4-13 lepanthiform sheaths. Leaves subapical, short-petiolate, coriaceous, ovate, 1-4 cm long, 6-26 mm wide. Inflorescences 1 to few, fasciculate, produced from stem apex, pedunculate, racemes appressed to abaxial side of the leaf, fractiflex, distichous, to 2.9 cm long, several- to many-flowered; floral bracts minute. Flowers delicate, 4.5-7 mm long, produced successively. Pedicels persistent, ca. 1 mm long. Ovary articulated to pedicel, ca. 1 mm long. Sepals entire, basally connate; dorsal sepal pale yellow with a red basal spot, ovate, acute, 2.6-3.9 mm long, 1.4-2.7 mm wide; lateral sepals pale yellow, ovate, acute, 2.1-3.3 mm long, 1.3-2.2 mm wide, connate along their basal half. Petals yellow wih red inner margins, transversely bilobed, the posterior lobe slightly larger than the anterior. Lip trilobed; lateral lobes red, oblong, less than 1.5 mm long, 0.5 mm wide; middle lobe white, pandurate, apex bristly, sometimes visible from above the column. Column slender, clavate, 0.7-1.3 mm long. Fruits subglobose, 3-5 mm long.

  • Discussion

    8. Lepanthes woodburvana Stimson, Brittonia 21: 341. 1969. Type. W . Stimson 4098, from Mt. La Torrecilla, several miles N W of Barranquitas, Puerto Rico (holotype, DUKE; isotypes, NY, seen; K,MO, not seen). Phenology & Pollination. Plants flower throughout the year. The breeding system and pollinators are unknown. Fruit set was 9.1% at one locality near Mt. Britton (Zimmerman & Ackerman, unpubl.). Taxonomic Notes. Frequently, Lepanthes woodburyana grows with other Lepanthes species, including L. veleziana. Intermediates between the two occur; they may be products of hybridization (Stimson, 1969).

  • Distribution

    General Distribution. Endemic to Puerto Rico.

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