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(Last Modified On 11/16/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/16/2012)
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Species
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EPIDENDRUM BRASSAVOLAE Reichb. f.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Bot. Zeit. 10:729. 1852
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Reference
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Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. 93: t. 5664. 1867.
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Description
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Repent or caespitose epiphytic herbs up to about 5 dm. tall. Pseudobulbs up to 22 cm. long, from cylindric to ovoid, 2-, rarely 3-foliate. Leaves 12-26 cm. long and 2-4.5 cm. broad, oblong-ligulate to narrowly ovate, obtuse, coriaceous. Inflorescence a simple few-flowered raceme, exceeding the leaves; sheath incon- spicuous, up to 12 cm. long. Sepals 3.5-5 cm. long and 0.3-0.5 cm. broad, -linear-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, spreading. Petals similar to the sepals but slightly narrower. Lip 3-4.5 cm. long and 0.7-1.5 cm. broad, cuneate to a nar- row base and adnate to the column for nearly the length of the column, simple; lamina 2-3 cm. long and up to 1.5 cm. broad, lanceolate-ovate, acuminate; claw with 2 short lamellate calluses.
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Distribution
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Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: "Chiriqui Vulcan", Warscewicz.
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Note
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This, like many another of Warscewicz's collections, is said to have come from Chiriqui, but has not been collected there since.
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