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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 CRASSILABIUM Poepp. & Endl.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Nov. Gen. & Sp. Pl. 2: 1, t. 102. 1838.
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Synonym
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Epjdendrum variegatum Hook. in Bot. Mag. 59: t. 3II. 1832. Epidendrum baculibulbum Schltr. in Fedde Rep. Sp. Nov. Beih. 19:116. 1923.
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Description
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Erect repent or caespitose epiphytes up to about 70 cm. tall. Pseudobulbs 15-35 cm. long and 0.5-1.5 cm. in diameter, cylindric (often thickened at the base) to fusiform, bearing 2-4 widely separated leaves. Leaves 14-40 cm. long and 2.5-4 cm. broad, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, erect or spreading.. Inflores- cence a simple raceme either shorter or longer than the subtending leaf. Sepals similar, 10-13 mm. long and 0.3-0.6 mm. *broad, oblong to ovate to obovate, obtuse. Petals 7-13 mm. long and 2.5-6 mm. broad, oblanceolate to oblong-ob- lanceolate, obtuse, oblique. Lip 7-8 mm.;long and 4-6 mm. broad, short-unguic- ulate, only slightly longer than the column; claw short, adnate to the column at the base; lamina orbicular to ovate, acute or obtuse, provided with a longitudinal callus at the base which is usually a single raised ridge and at the apex divided into two Jamellae extending almost to the apex of the lip.
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Distribution
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Costa Rica, Panama, the West Indies and to Brazil.
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Specimen
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COCLE: El Valle de Anton, Allen 2205, Woodson & Schery 204.
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