AN ADDITION TO THE GENUS TELIPOGON 
FROM COSTA RICA 
BY 
CHARLES SCHWEINFURTH 
A SMALL COLLECTION of orchids from Costa Rica re- 
cently sent to us for determination contained a Telipogon 
which is apparently undescribed. It seems to be unique 
among the Central American species of the genus by 
reason of its dwarf vegetative structure and relatively 
large flower. 
Telipogon ampliflorus C.Schweinfurth sp. nov. 
Herba epiphytica, nana cum flore magno. Caulis 
brevis, inferne cum radicibus numerosis flexuosis, superne 
cum foliis nonnullis approximatis lanceolato-ellipticis. 
Scapus uni- vel biflorus. Sepala late lanceolata, acumin- 
ata, trinervia. Petala multo majora, subquadrato-rhom- 
bica, multinervia, acuta. Labellum transverse rhombico- 
ovatum, multinervium. Columna_ brevissima, postice 
setosa. 
Plant dwarf but with a large flower, about 11 cm. 
tall including the flower. Stem short, arcuate, producing 
in the lower portion numerous stout flexuous roots and 
in the upper portion several approximate leaves. Leaves 
seven, lanceolate-elliptic, up to about 5.6 cm. long and 
1 em. wide (some blades very small), acute, narrowed to 
a sessile clasping base. Secapes axillary, apparently 1- or 
2-flowered, about 5-6 cm. long. Flower large and showy 
with widely spreading perianth segments. Dorsal sepal 
broadly lanceolate, concave below, about 1.88 cm. long 
and 7.6 mm. wide, acuminate, mucronate with a sub- 
apical keel on the outer surface, 8-nerved. Lateral sepals 
similar, broadly lanceolate, concave below, about 1.838 
cm. long and 6.4 mm. wide, acuminate, dorsally carinate 
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