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(Last Modified On 11/12/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/12/2012)
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Species
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PLEUROTHALLIS GELIDA Lindl.
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Synonym
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Pleurothallis chiriquensis Schltr. in Fedde Rep. Sp. Nov. Beih. 17:19. 1922.
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Description
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Caespitose epiphytic herbs up to about 5.5 dm. tall. Secondary stems up to about 3.5 dm. long and about 0.4 cm. in diameter toward the base, partially covered with chartaceous sheaths. Leaves 8-23 cm. long and 1.5-7 cm. broad, elliptic-oblong to oblong-ovate, obtuse or acute, coriaceous, attenuated into a short petiole at the base. Inflorescence. 1-several racemes, either shorter, subequal to, or longer than the subtending leaf, few- -to many-flowered. Dorsal sepal 5-7.5 mm. long and 2-2.5 mm. broad, oblong-lanceolate, acute, cucullate, puberulent within. Lateral sepals 5-6 mm. long and each 2-2.5 mm. broad, acute, connate to the middle or nearly so, puberulent within. Petals 2.5-3.5 mm. long and 1.5-2.5 mm. broad, oblong-obovate to subrhombic, obtuse or truncate and the apex often dentate or lobulate. Lip 2-2.5 mm. long and 0.9-1.4 mm. broad, dilated from a narrow base ixnto an oblong-cuneate lamina, truncate, with 2 parallel, lamellate calluses near the middle.
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Distribution
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Florida, Mexico to Panama, the West Indies, South America.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: "Chiriqui," alt. 1200-1500 m., Powell 227.
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Note
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A variable species and one of the most widespread of the genus.
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