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(Last Modified On 12/4/2012)
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(Last Modified On 12/4/2012)
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Species
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SCAPHYGLOTTIS AMETHYSTINA (Reichb. f.) Schltr.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, Abt. 2:456. 1918.
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Synonym
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Ponera ametbystina Reichb. f. in Saunders Ref. Bot. 2: t. 93. 1869. Scaphyglottis brachiata Schltr. in Fedde Rep. Sp. Nov. 9:432. 1911.
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Description
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Caespitose epiphytic herbs up to about 25 cm. tall. Stems simple or superim- posed, segments cylindric to fusiform, often distinctly stipitate, bearing 1 or usually 2 leaves at the apex of each segment. Leaves 3-12 cm. long and 0.4-1 cm. broad, linear, linear-lanceolate to elliptic, obtuse, the apex retuse and unequally bilobed. Inflorescence a few-flowered fascicle borne at the apex of the segments. Dorsal sepal 4.5-6 mm. long and about 1.5 mm. broad, elliptic to oblanceolate, acute, cucullate. Lateral sepals 5-7.5 mm. long and 1.5-2 mm. broad, linear- oblong to lanceolate, acute, forming a short mentum at the base. Petals 4.5-5 mm. long and 0.8-1.2 mm. broad, linear-oblong and unguiculate to oblanceolate, acute. Lip 6-8 mm. long and 3-5 mm. broad, cuneate, obovate, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes large, rounded, situated above the middle of the lip; mid-lobe sub- quadrate, obtuse, rarely emarginate, exceeding the lateral lobes. Column with 2 stelidiar arms near the apex.
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Distribution
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Costa Rica and Panama.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Chagres River, sea-level, Powell 358. CHIRIQUI: vicinity of San Felix, alt. 0-120 m., Pittier 5193.
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