Dear OGD,
After speaking with Marcos Campacci, my guide and friend in Brazil, I
have an ID for the Cleistes "the Bomb". It is Cleistes limbonii var
coerula and has not been described as a distinct variety. We saw this
species in Sao Paulo State Brazil, growing directly on the beach in full
sun, not 20 yards from the water as well as at an elevation of 800
meters in deep shade. I guess it is fairly variable in the sites that it
prefers to grow in.
The coerula variety was only found at the higher, cooler, shadier
location. By the way as soon as I have a new computer and can use a disc
drive I will have photos of another Cleistes species that we found in
Minas Gerais at an elevation of 1800 meters. It has flowers that are
slightly smaller [only 4" instead of 5"] and a different color pattern.
The list is located at
http://www.orchidspecies.com/weirdterrestrials.htm
The species from the list that are identified is
Habenaria from France = Platanthera bifolia .Thanks Peter and Marcin
Pelexia = Pelexia laminata thanks Marcin
http://www.orchidspecies.com/habenaspeciesbrazil.htm = Skeptrostachys sp
The Dactylorhiza
are all D maculata except for the violet colored one which is D
occitanica thanks Philippe
The Portuguese plant is not an orchid as I suspected but a member of the
Orobanchaceae
Thanks Dennis, Bert, Ivar, and Dave
Thanks to all that responded
Jay Pfahl
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