Table
of Contents
Note: The Chapters are still under construction
and only a few are on line.
1.
Overview of the genus
This chapter gives background
information about the
history of the genus,
and the characteristics
that set it apart from
other pleurothallid orchid
genera.
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2.
The six original Teagueia
species
The following
species are briefly discussed:
T. lehmannii, T. phasmida,
T. rex, T. teaguei, T.
tentaculata, and
T. zeus. All these
have been treated in Dr
Luer's monographs.
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3.
Teagueia
alyssana Luer
and Jost
Cerro Mayordomo
hosts seven recently discovered
species of Teagueia,
including four species
that have been formally
published (T. alyssana,
T. cymbisepala, T. jostii,
and T. sancheziae).
Teagueia alyssana
is one of the most elegant
of the new Teagueia
species.
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4.
Teagueia "cherisei"
Cerro Añangu
hosts many recently discovered
species of Teagueia.
This species is one of
the largest.
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5.
Teagueia "aliana"
Cerro Negro
hosts about nine recently
discovered species of
Teagueia, all
awaiting formal description.
This is a tiny one with
beautiful flowers. It
also grows on Cerro
Candelaria.
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6.
Teagueia #1
This species
from Cerro Añangu
and Cerro Mayordomo
is like several other
dark flat ones but has
a unique large callus
on the lip, and the
lip is reflexed just
below this callus. The
lip and petal edges
are ciliate.
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7.
Teagueia #2
This species
from Cerro Añangu
is easily identified
by the recurved flower
parts. A form with virtually
identical flowers but
very different leaves
on Cerro Negro and Cerro
Candelaria may or may
not belong to this species.
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8.
Teagueia #3
This
species from the highest
parts of Cerro Mayordomo
has distinctive purple-veined
leaves with pustules
on their surfaces.
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9.
Teagueia
cymbisepala
Luer and Jost
This
species from Cerro Mayordomo
is only known from a
single plant, and there
are no photos of it.
It is a large species
colored orange.
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10.
Teagueia
jostii
Luer
This
is one of the first
species I discovered
on Cerro Mayordomo.
A similar form occurs
on Cerro Añangu,
though there are differences.
For the moment I lump
the Añangu form
with the Mayordomo form.
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11.
Teagueia sancheziae
Luer and Jost
This species
occurs on Cerro Mayordomo
and Cerro Añangu.
On both mountains this
species is polymorphic,
with a yellow and a
red form growing intermixed.
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12.
Teagueia "shepardii"
This
extraordinary large
species with a broad,
open lip occurs on Cerro
Añangu and Cerro
Mayordomo.
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13.
Teagueia #4
This tiny
species with narrow
pointed petals comes
from Cerro Negro and
Cerro Candelaria.
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14.
Teagueia #5
This
is another of the new
Teagueia species
of Cerro Negro and Cerro
Candelaria. It has a
sharply recurved lip
that forms a huge collar
around the column.
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15.
Teagueia "pailinii"
This vigorous
species grows on Cerro
Negro and Cerro Candelaria.
The tailed petals and
sepals and large size
immediately distinguish
it.
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16.
Teagueia #6
Another of
the Cerro Negro/Cerro
Candelaria species,
it appears to hybridize
with T. #9.
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17.
Teagueia #7
This
very small species from
Cerro Negro and Cerro
Candelaria has a distinctive
protuberant column.
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Teagueia #8
This form
from Cerro Negro and
Cerro Candelaria resembles
the next form but has
long narrow petals and
narrower lip. It also
has smooth leaves different
than the rough, pustulate
leaves of the other
species.
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19.
Teagueia #9
See discussion
under the previous species.
It sometimes hybridizes
with T. #6.
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20.
Teagueia #10
This is the
most common species
of Teagueia
on Cerro Añangu.
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21.
Teagueia puroana
On my January
2003 expedition to the
top of the unexplored
mountain Cerro Candelaria,
south of the Rio Pastaza,
I found this dramatic
new species on isolated
dwarf trees in paramo
(the alpine grasslands
of the Andes) at an
altitude of 3700m. I
had no idea that Teagueia
species could grow at
such high elevations.
This species has been
named after Puro Coffee,
which sponsored the
purchase of a reserve
to protect this and
other endemic plants.
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22.
Teagueia barbeliana
Perhaps this
is the most beautiful
of the new Teagueia
species. It is another
of the very high elevation
species on Cerro Candelaria,
like T. puroana,
growing up to about
3800 m.
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23.
Teagueia #11
This species
was very common in a
wide range of elevations
on Cerro Candelaria.
The lip has a narrow
tip that points forward.
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24.
Teagueia "pseudoaliana"
This species
is very similar to
T. "aliana",
which grows with it
on Cerro Candelaria.
In the field I thought
it was just a dark form
of that species, but
on closer examination
I found consistent differences
in the lip collar and
in the column structure.
The leaves and sheaths
are also quite different
from those of T.
"aliana".
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25.
Teagueia #12
This species
from Cerro Candelaria
is much like sympatric
Teagueia #4,
but is larger and has
a differently shaped
column. Its leaves are
smaller and narrower
than those of Teagueia
#4.
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26.
Teagueia "micrantha"
This is the
smallest of the Teagueia
species so far discovered.
I found it on Cerro
Mayordomo.
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Teagueia #13
This species
from Cerro Candelaria
is quite similar to
T. #9,
but all flower parts
are broader, the lip
is differently shaped,
and the leaves are smooth
and erect rather than
rough and horizontal.
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Teagueia #14
This species
from Cerro Candelaria
resembles T. #4
but has bumpy leaves
and a very unusual lip
collar which loosely
wraps around the column.
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29.
Teagueia #15
This intensely
colored species from
Cerro Candelaria resembles
T. sancheziae.
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30.
Teagueia "grossmanii"
One of the
most distinctive species,
this was found only
once, by Scot Grossman
and Andy Shepard.
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31.
Teagueia #16
This is a
large ungainly species
with a long lip. It
is known from only one
site.
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32.
Teagueia "no
name yet"
This huge
species with virtually
no collar lives high
on Mayordomo. It bears
strong resemblance to
the drawing of T.
cymbisepala. I
am not sure if this
is the real T cymbisepala
or not, since my T.
cymbisepala specimen
is in the US.
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33.Taxonomic
issues
Some
of the above species
are very distinct from
each other, but a few
are confusing. I here
present my reasons for
treating them as good
species, and discuss
some taxonomic problems
that I cannot yet resolve.
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