Orchidaceae
Phragmipedium

Phragmipedium lindenii (Lindl.) Dressler & N.H.Williams

First published in Taxon 24: 691 (1975)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NW. Venezuela to Central Ecuador. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1500–2100 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Boyacá, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Santander, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Herb.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC. National Red List of Colombia (2021): LC. Listed in Appendix I of CITES.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: low confidence
[AERP]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
zapato de Venus
[UNAL]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 1500 - 2100 m.; Andes.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
Preocupación Menor
[CPLC]

Distribution

Colombia. Ecuador.

General Description

Terrestrial, herbaceous perennial Rhizomes to 1 cm long, 0.5-0.8 cm in diam. Roots striate, 0.3-0.5 cm in diam. Leaves lorate, 25-40 cm long, 2.5-4.3 cm wide, coriaceous; margins revolute, light green; apex obtuse, emarginate, oblique. Inflorescence a 2-4 flowered spicate raceme. Peduncle green, pilose. Floral bracts ovate-elliptic, 4.0-6.4 cm long, 1.6-4.0 cm wide, much shorter than ovary; adaxial surface sparsely pubescent with multicellular, glandular-tipped hairs; margins light green, fused basally; apex obtuse, apiculate. Sterile lower bracts usually absent; if present, like leaves. Flower yellow-green becoming maroon apically; outer surfaces glabrous to puberulent; inner surfaces mostly glabrous; margins yellow to white, somewhat undulate. Dorsal sepal ovate-lanceolate, 8-12 cm long, 1.4 - 2.5 cm wide, yellow-green with 9-11 parallel to somewhat reticulate maroon nerves, glabrous; margins undulate; apex acuminate, minutely hooded. Synsepal ovate-lanceolate, 8-10 cm long, 1.5-3.5 cm wide, yellow-green with 14-17 parallel maroon nerves; margins undulate, white to yellow; apex minutely hooded. Labellum ovate-lanceolate, not saccate, 23-41 cm long, 1.0-1.5 cm wide, like lateral petals. Petals lanceolate, 18-41 cm long, 0.5-1.3 cm wide, yellow-green; inner surface glabrous basally, both surfaces becoming pilose-tomentose apically; basal hairs reddish-brown; margins ciliate basally; apex acute. Staminode widely trilobed-triangular, 0.5-0.8 cm long, 0.9 - 1.2 cm wide, yellow-green with maroon lateral lobes; apical lobe widely acute; hairs on lateral lobes sparse, marginal, multicellular, dark red. Column to 0.5 cm long, green with red splotch above. Pollinarium 0.2-0.3 cm long. Median stamen to 0.5 cm long, contacting stigmatic surface. Stigmatic area 0.5-0.7 cm wide. Ovary, including pedicel, 12-18 cm long, densely pilose. Capsule puberulent-pilose, curving apically. Seeds to 0.7 mm long. Chromosome number 2n=28 (Karasawa, 1980).

Habitat

Phragmipedium lindenii occurs as a terrestrial on road embankments and in lava fields at 1400-2100 m in elevation.

[C-EM]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/43324857/44518402

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Uses

Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
[UPFC]

Sources

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    • All Rights Reserved

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    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0