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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 1/18/2013)
 

Flora Data (Last Modified On 1/18/2013)
Species SIEVEKINGIA SUAVIS Rchb. f.
PlaceOfPublication Beitr. Syst. Pfl. 3. 1871.
Description Dwarf epiphytic herbs. Pseudobulbs ovate, somewhat angulate, 1.5-3 cm. tall and 1.0-1.5 cm. wide, sheathed at the base in 2-3 papery bracts, the apex with a single lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, acute or shortly acuminate, plicate, subcoriaceous leaf 8-25 cm. long and 1.5-3.2 cm. wide. Inflorescences short, pendent racemes produced from the base of the pseudobulbs. Flowers about 6 or fewer. Sepals subequal, free, spreading, pale lemon-yellow, dorsal sepal concave, elliptic- lanceolate, acute, 10-17 mm. long and 4-8 mm. wide; laterals concave, elliptic- lanceolate, acute, 12-17 mm. long and 4-8 mm. wide. Petals orange, lanceolate, acute, 10-15 mm. long and 3-6 mm. wide. Lip ovate or obovate-rhombic when spread out, 8-11 mm. long and 6-10 mm. wide, orange with reddish purple spots, subnavicular, the lateral margins erect, the apex acute and spreading; disk with 3 prominent or obscure, erect keels, the central keel prolonged and terminating in an inconspicuous 2-lobed scale. Column somewhat arcuate, 6-8 mm. long, green, broadly winged, the wings orange.
Distribution Costa Rica and Panama.
Specimen COLON: Cativo-Porto Bello trail, sea level, Powell 379; Rio Llano Sucio, vic. Puerto Pilon, 100 m., Butcher s.n. (under Allen 2841).
Note Apparently a rare species. The Panama specimens are consistently smaller in all respects than those seen from Costa Rica, but other than in size there seem to be no differences.
 
 
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