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(Last Modified On 11/19/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/19/2012)
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Subspecific
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EPIDENDRUM RIGIDUM var. angustisegmentum L. Wms.
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Description
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Vegetatively similar to the species. Dorsal sepal 9-10 mm. long and 2-3 mm. broad, lanceolate, acute. Lateral sepals 9-10 mm. long and 2.5-3.5 mm. broad, lanceolate, oblique, acute. Petals 7.5-9 mm. long and 0.5-1 mm. broad, subfili- form to linear, acute. Lip unguiculate; claw adnate to the column; lamina 5-6 mm. long and 3-3.5 mm. broad, oblong-ovate, obtuse, truncate at the base, fleshy; disc with two mammillate calluses at the apex of the column and with one or more inconspicuous callus ridges. Sepalum dorsale lanceolatum, acutum. Sepala lateralia lanceolata, obliqua, acuta. Petala sub- filiformia vel linearia, acuta. Lamina labelli oblongo-ovata; obtusa, basi truncata, carnosa; discus prope basim bicallosus.
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Distribution
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Panama.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: epiphyte, Nances Cay Island, Wedel 586; Water Valley, Wedel 851; Water Valley, vicinity of Chiriqui Lagoon, Wedel 1708 (TYPE Herb. Ames).
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Note
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The variety differs from the species in its narrower floral segments and dif- ferently shaped lip.
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