The New Refugium Botanicum. Miltoniopsis warszewiczii

Abstract

Miltoniopsis warszewiczii (Rchb. f.) Garay & Dunst., Venez. Orchid. Ill. 6:278. 1976. Basionym: Odontoglossum warszewiczii Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10(40):692–693. 1852. TYPE: [Panama or Costa Rica]. Cordillera de Chiriquí, 8000’ auf Leguminosen. October–January, J. Warszewicz s.n. (holotype, W). S y n o ny m s : M i l t o n i a e n d r e s i i G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 2:368. 1886, avowed substitute based on the same type of Odontoglossum warszewiczii (“Señor Endres was the first to introduce the species in a living state to this country. [B.M. 6163, under name Odontoglossum warscewiczii]”). Miltonia superba Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. RegniVeg. 3(42–43):249. 1907, nom. nov. illeg. Odontoglossum warscewiczianum Hemsl., Biol. Cent.- Amer., Bot. 3(16):277. 1884, sphalm. Epiphytic, caespitose, erect, graygreen herb to 20–30 cm tall. Rhizome short. Roots flexuous, glabrous, to 2 mm in diameter. Pseudobulbs ovoidellipsoid, 3.8–4.5 × 1.5–2.5 cm, apically monophyllous, subtended and nearly completely concealed by four to six foliaceous bracts arranged in a fan, the lower ones losing the cataphyll at flowering time and becoming dry-papyraceous. Leaves and foliaceous bracts articulate, petiolate; the blades carinate abaxially, oblong-elliptic, acute to acuminate, to 30 × 2–3 cm.