My plants always seem to key out halfway between the two descriptions. On one inspection I am sure I have B. lietzei and another inspection reveals B. leptopoda! In Flora Neotropica L.B.Smith shows primary differences of spotted leaves and broadly rounded sepals for B. leptopoda and non-spotted leaves and acute sepals for B. lietzei. However if you look at the drawings on pages 1990 and 1991 you will see spots on the leaves of B. lietzei. This brings us back to just the sepals which in my case are rounded at the tip suggesting B. leptopoda, BUT when you see the short pedicels you think again of B. lietzei. Confused? Well I am.
On the practical side it would appear that our plants are more likely to be descendants of Foster's collecting than Lietze's collection made around 1879! Perhaps the Botanists will make B. leptopoda synonymous with B. lietzei and put me out of my misery!
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