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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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GALEANDRA JUNCEA Lindl.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Sert. Orch. sub. t. 37. 1840
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Reference
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Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 34:306. 1895.
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Description
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Strict terrestrial herbs up to about 50 cm. tall. Stems pseudobulbose, the pseudobulbs 1.5-2 cm. long, borne on the surface or just under the surface of the ground, simple, invested by the leaf-sheaths. Leaves up to about 20 cm. long and 0.5 cm. broad, ensiform, conduplicate. Inflorescence a simple (or branched?) few-flowered raceme. Sepals about 13 mm. long and 3.5-4 mm. broad, lanceolate, acute. Petals about 12 mm. long and 3.5 mm. broad, oblanceolate, acute. Lip 17-20 mm. long and about 16 mm. broad, obscurely trilobate, spurred; lamina when expanded broadly ovate in outline, with 2 small lamellate, pubescent calluses near the middle, and toward the apex a dense patch of pilose pubescence arranged in three lines; spur short, about 5 mm. long, directed outward and backward. Panama, Venezuela, the Guianas and Brazil.
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Specimen
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PANAMA: Isla Taboga, alt. 0-350.m., Allen I268; Taboga Island, Cheeseman 483.
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Note
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The description is drawn from the Panamanian material cited.
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