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'''''Loefgrenianthus''''' is an [[orchid]] genus formed by only one very rare small | '''''Loefgrenianthus''''' is an [[orchid]] genus formed by only one very rare small but showy species, ''Loefgrenianthus blanche-amesiae'', inhabitant of [[Serra do Mar]] mountains in [[Brazil]]ian southeast. It can be differentiated from its closest genus, ''[[Leptotes]]'', both because of its pending vegetation with flat [[leaf|leaves]] and the [[flower]]s which have a saccate [[labellum]]. | ||
==Distribution and habit== | ==Distribution and habit== | ||
''Loefgrenianthus blanche-amesiae'' is a small epiphytic species which inhabits the highest areas of [[Atlantic Forest]] of [[Rio de Janeiro State|Rio de Janeiro]], [[São Paulo State|São Paulo]] and [[Paraná]] States of Brazil,<ref name="OB"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Pabst, Guido & Dungs, Fritz </span>: '''Orchidaceae Brasilienses vol. 1''' p. 148. Brucke-Verlag Kurt Schmersow, Hildesheim, 1975. ISBN 3871050106 </ref> particularly in [[Serra da Mantiqueira]] and [[Serra do Mar]] chains of mountains, where it is very rare. It grows under the shadow of [[tree]]s in shady, humid and well ventilated woods, between 1,000 and 2,200 meters of [[altitude]] on mountains slopes. It ordinarily grows at middle height, pending from thick [[stem]]s, mostly of ''[[Podocarpus]]'' and ''[[Araucaria]]'' species,<ref name="CBGO"><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Van den Berg, Cássio</span>: ''Loefgrenianthus'' in '''Genera Orchidacearum Vol.4''', pp. 274-275. Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN 9780198507123.</ref> despite there are records of plants occasionally growing in thin [[branch]]es too.<ref name="DM"><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Miller, David; Richard Warren; Izabel Moura Miller & Helmut Seehawer</span>: '''Serra dos Órgãos sua história e suas orquídeas''', p. 241-242. Rio de Janeiro, 2006.</ref> | ''Loefgrenianthus blanche-amesiae'' is a small epiphytic species which inhabits the highest areas of [[Atlantic Forest]] of [[Rio de Janeiro State|Rio de Janeiro]], [[São Paulo State|São Paulo]] and [[Paraná]] States of Brazil,<ref name="OB"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Pabst, Guido & Dungs, Fritz </span>: '''Orchidaceae Brasilienses vol. 1''' p. 148. Brucke-Verlag Kurt Schmersow, Hildesheim, 1975. ISBN 3871050106 </ref> particularly in [[Serra da Mantiqueira]] and [[Serra do Mar]] chains of mountains, where it is very rare. It grows under the shadow of [[tree]]s in shady, humid and well ventilated woods, between 1,000 and 2,200 meters of [[altitude]] on mountains slopes. It ordinarily grows at middle height, pending from thick [[stem]]s, mostly of ''[[Podocarpus]]'' and ''[[Araucaria]]'' species,<ref name="CBGO"><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Van den Berg, Cássio</span>: ''Loefgrenianthus'' in '''Genera Orchidacearum Vol.4''', pp. 274-275. Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN 9780198507123.</ref> despite there are records of plants occasionally growing in thin [[branch]]es too.<ref name="DM"><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Miller, David; Richard Warren; Izabel Moura Miller & Helmut Seehawer</span>: '''Serra dos Órgãos sua história e suas orquídeas''', p. 241-242. Rio de Janeiro, 2006.</ref> | ||
The culture of ''Loefgrenianthus blanche-amesiae'' is reportedly hard. Because of its pending habit it should be mounted on a vegetable fiber plaque or on a piece of bark and kept sheltered form straight [[sunlight]] in a cool, humid and well ventilated place.<ref name="DM"/> | |||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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''Loefgrenianthus blanche-amesiae'' usually are attached to their hosts stems by a knot of thin pinkish few branched elongated strong [[root]]s that grow mostly at the base of their stems. Adventitious roots are uncommon and possibly grow just occasionally when the stems become very long. The stems are thin, flexible and pending, formed by a simple but occasionally bifurcating elongated rhyzome, and tiny pseudobulbs. The rhizome is completely covered by thin dried imbricating steaths and, after three internodes, usually gives birth to a pseudobulb always hidden by a dried narrow steath. The pseudobulbs are spaced at one centimeter intervals and have only one apical flat, but folded at the base, elliptical lanceolated and comparetively large leaf. The leaves last for some years and normally there are about seven pseudobulbs with leaves at the end of the stem. The older leaves at the base of the stem fall so the older segments of the plant usually are formed just by a number of bare stems and the important roots to attach the plant to the stem, occasionally showing a new growth. The [[inflorescence]]s shoot from the apexes of the last one or two pseudobulbs and are apical, short and pending, bearing just one flower which faces the ground.<ref name="W"><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Withner, Carl Leslie</span>: '''The Cattleyas and Their Relatives, Vol. 3''', pp.98-100. Timber Press, Oregon. ISBN 0881922692</ref> | |||
The flowers are comparatively large in relation to the plant size, with segments that do not completely open. The [[petal]]s and [[sepal]]s are white and oblong, the sepals slightly larger than the petals, sometimes with the apexes reflected. The petals are similar to the sepals but slightly narrower at the base. The labellum is strong yellow margined of bright purple; at the base it is fused to the [[Column (botany)|column]] base forming a narrow spur shaped [[nectary]]; it is internally slightly pubescent and has a thick callus that splits in five digitate keels on the disk; the central lobe is partially saccate and has two longer fringes at the apex. The column is white almost cylindrical without any appendages. The [[anther]], contrasting to the flower, is very bright purple, apical, bearing six [[pollinia]], four small and two large, hold by a [[caudicle]] similar to the ones of ''Leptotes''.<ref name="W"/> | |||
''Loefgrenianthus blanche-amesiae'' blooms between the middle of the [[springtime]] and early [[summer]] and the flowers last for about a week. Its [[pollinators]] are unknown, however, because of its color, they may be night moths,<ref name="DM"/> or [[bee]]s due to the flowers structure.<ref name="CBGO"/> | |||
==Taxonomic notes== | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Loefgrenianthus is an orchid genus formed by only one very rare small but showy species, Loefgrenianthus blanche-amesiae, inhabitant of Serra do Mar mountains in Brazilian southeast. It can be differentiated from its closest genus, Leptotes, both because of its pending vegetation with flat leaves and the flowers which have a saccate labellum.
Distribution and habit
Loefgrenianthus blanche-amesiae is a small epiphytic species which inhabits the highest areas of Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Paraná States of Brazil,[1] particularly in Serra da Mantiqueira and Serra do Mar chains of mountains, where it is very rare. It grows under the shadow of trees in shady, humid and well ventilated woods, between 1,000 and 2,200 meters of altitude on mountains slopes. It ordinarily grows at middle height, pending from thick stems, mostly of Podocarpus and Araucaria species,[2] despite there are records of plants occasionally growing in thin branches too.[3]
The culture of Loefgrenianthus blanche-amesiae is reportedly hard. Because of its pending habit it should be mounted on a vegetable fiber plaque or on a piece of bark and kept sheltered form straight sunlight in a cool, humid and well ventilated place.[3]
Description
| Measures (mm) | ||
| Structure | Lenght | Wide |
| Rhizome | 10 | 1 |
| Leaf | 30 | 5 |
| Pseudobulb | 2 | 1 |
| Inflorescence | 10 | 1 |
| Flower | 20 | 20 |
| Sepal | 8 | 3 |
| Petal | 7 | 3 |
| Labellum | 7 | 3 |
Loefgrenianthus blanche-amesiae usually are attached to their hosts stems by a knot of thin pinkish few branched elongated strong roots that grow mostly at the base of their stems. Adventitious roots are uncommon and possibly grow just occasionally when the stems become very long. The stems are thin, flexible and pending, formed by a simple but occasionally bifurcating elongated rhyzome, and tiny pseudobulbs. The rhizome is completely covered by thin dried imbricating steaths and, after three internodes, usually gives birth to a pseudobulb always hidden by a dried narrow steath. The pseudobulbs are spaced at one centimeter intervals and have only one apical flat, but folded at the base, elliptical lanceolated and comparetively large leaf. The leaves last for some years and normally there are about seven pseudobulbs with leaves at the end of the stem. The older leaves at the base of the stem fall so the older segments of the plant usually are formed just by a number of bare stems and the important roots to attach the plant to the stem, occasionally showing a new growth. The inflorescences shoot from the apexes of the last one or two pseudobulbs and are apical, short and pending, bearing just one flower which faces the ground.[4]
The flowers are comparatively large in relation to the plant size, with segments that do not completely open. The petals and sepals are white and oblong, the sepals slightly larger than the petals, sometimes with the apexes reflected. The petals are similar to the sepals but slightly narrower at the base. The labellum is strong yellow margined of bright purple; at the base it is fused to the column base forming a narrow spur shaped nectary; it is internally slightly pubescent and has a thick callus that splits in five digitate keels on the disk; the central lobe is partially saccate and has two longer fringes at the apex. The column is white almost cylindrical without any appendages. The anther, contrasting to the flower, is very bright purple, apical, bearing six pollinia, four small and two large, hold by a caudicle similar to the ones of Leptotes.[4]
Loefgrenianthus blanche-amesiae blooms between the middle of the springtime and early summer and the flowers last for about a week. Its pollinators are unknown, however, because of its color, they may be night moths,[3] or bees due to the flowers structure.[2]
Taxonomic notes
References
- ↑ Pabst, Guido & Dungs, Fritz : Orchidaceae Brasilienses vol. 1 p. 148. Brucke-Verlag Kurt Schmersow, Hildesheim, 1975. ISBN 3871050106
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Van den Berg, Cássio: Loefgrenianthus in Genera Orchidacearum Vol.4, pp. 274-275. Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN 9780198507123.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Miller, David; Richard Warren; Izabel Moura Miller & Helmut Seehawer: Serra dos Órgãos sua história e suas orquídeas, p. 241-242. Rio de Janeiro, 2006.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Withner, Carl Leslie: The Cattleyas and Their Relatives, Vol. 3, pp.98-100. Timber Press, Oregon. ISBN 0881922692