(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 TENELLA L. Wms.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28:423. t. 24. 1941.
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Description
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Caespitose, erect or spreading, epiphytic herbs up to about 50 cm. long. Stems slender, cylindric or becoming swollen and fusiform above, simple, bifoliate at the apex. Leaves 20-23 cm. long and 0.7-1.6 cm. broad, linear to linear-lanceolate, acute, the apex minutely bilobed. Inflorescence a 1- to few-flowered fascicle at the apex of the stem. Dorsal sepal 8-9 mm. long and 3-4 mm. broad, lanceolate, acute. Lateral sepals 8-9 mm. long and 3-4 mm. broad, lanceolate, acute. Petals 8-9 mm. long and 3-3.5 mm. broad, oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse. Lip 8-9 mm. long and 4-5 mm. broad, rhombic-lanceolate but somewhat constricted above the middle, fleshy.
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Distribution
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Panama.
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Specimen
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COCLE: hills north of El Valle de Anton, alt. 800-1000 m., Allen 2276.
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