Ponthieva racemosa explained

Ponthieva racemosa, commonly called the hairy shadow witch or racemose ponthieva, is a species of orchid found from the southeastern United States (from Texas to Virginia), Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and northern South America as far south as Bolivia.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

External links

• IOSPE orchid photos
• Line Drawing - Flora of Panama, Ponthieva racemosa
• Florida Native Orchids, Shadow Witch Orchid (Ponthieva racemosa)
• Go Orchids, North American Orchid Conservation Center, Ponthieva racemosa (Walter) C. Mohr Hairy, Shadow Witch
• Ricardo's Blog, orchids, parrots, fish and people, Ponthieva racemosa, the shadow witch, an orchid native of Puerto Rico
• Wildflowers of the United States, Shadow Witch Orchid, Hairy Shadow Witch, Racemose Ponthieva - Ponthieva racemosa

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=163353 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101864 Flora of North America, v 26 p 548, Ponthieva racemosa (Walter) C. Mohr, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 6: 460. 1901.
3. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Ponthieva%20racemosa.png Biota of North America Program, county distribution map, Ponthieva racemosa
4. Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.
5. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
6. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Cat. Vasc. Pl. Ecuador, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
7. Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
8. Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1923. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis, Beihefte 19: 84.
9. Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav. 1866. Beitrage zu einer Orchideenkunde Central-Amerika's 63.