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(Last Modified On 11/19/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/19/2012)
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Species
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BRASSAVOLA NODOSA (L.) Lindl.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Gen. & Sp. Orch. Pl. 114. 1831
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Reference
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Bot. Reg. 17: t. 1465. 1832.
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Synonym
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Epidendrum nodosum L. Sp. Pl. 953. 1753. Brassavola venosa Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 26: Misc. p. 20. 1840. Brassavola scaposa Schltr. in Orchis 13:77. 1919.
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Description
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Erect or pendent epiphytic herbs up to about 40 cm. long, usually less; flowers often showy. Stems or pseudobulbs 2-12 cm. long, cylindric, slender, 0.2-0.5 cm. in diameter, usually covered with a pergameneous sheath, 1-leaved. Leaves 6-23 cm. long and 0.3-2.5 cm. broad, either terete or flattened, if flattened then usually linear-elliptic, acute. Inflorescence borne at the end of the stem, either shorter or longer than the subtending leaf, few- to several-flowered. Sepals 4-9 cm. long and 0.2-0.4 cm. broad, linear, acute. Petals 4-9 cm. long, 0.05-0.2 cm. broad, filiform. to linear, acute. Lip 4.5-8 cm. long and 2.5-4 cm. broad; base unguicu- late and cucullate, enfolding the column; anterior portion broad, cordate to orbicular-cordate, acuminate or at least apiculate, having several prominent veins.
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Distribution
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Mexico to Panama, the West Indies and northern South America. Common at lower elevations in Central America.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Shepherd Hill, Wedel 2; vicinity of Chiriqui Lagoon, Wedel 1413, 1995, 2644. CANAL ZONE: vicinity of Fort Sherman, Allen 2844; France Field, Powell 25; between Tumba Vieja and Salamanca, Steyermark & Allen 16753. PANAMA: vicinity of La Palma, Pittier 6689; Trapiche Island, Allen 2608; Taboga Island, Killip 3181; Hacienda La Joya, Dodge et at 16903; Isla Taboga, Woodson, Allen & Seibert 1487; Cativo, Lee s. n. VERAGUAS: Cerro Pena de Cristo, alt. 1500 m., Powell 422.
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