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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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Species
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RODRIGUEZIA SECUNDA HBK.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1:3 67, t. 92. 1816.
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Synonym
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Pleurothallis coccinea Hook. Exot. Fl. 2: t. I29. 1815. Rodriguezia lanceolata Lodd. Bot. Cab. 7: t. 676. 1822, non R. lamceolata R. & P. Rodriguezia secunda HBK. var. panamensis Schltr. in Fedde, Rep. Sp. Nov. Beih. 17:75. 1922.
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Description
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Erect, epiphytic herbs with oblong-elliptic, compressed, monophyllous pseudobulbs 2-3.5 cm. long and 1.0-1.6 cm. wide, almost completely covered by the conduplicate, imbricating bases of the 4-7 conspicuous, foliaceous bracts. Leaves of the apex of the pseudobulbs and the blades of the foliaceous bracts coriaceous to rather fleshy, linear-ligular to elliptic-oblong, obtuse, subacute or unequally emarginate at the apex, 7-24 cm. long and 1-3.5 cm. wide. Inflorescences 1-6 erect or arching, unbranched, unilateral racemes 15-38 cm. tall. Flowers many, rather small, pink to rose-red. Sepals dissimilar, not spreading, the dorsal sepal concave, ovate, obtuse with a minute apicule, or subacute, 9-12 mm. long and 5-6 mm. wide, the lateral sepals connate for their entire length, forming a single, conduplicate segment below the lip, 10-15 mm. long, the base conspicuously gibbose or geniculate when seen in profile. Petals obovate, shortly acute or apiculate, 9-12 mm. long and 6-7 mm. wide. Lip entire, obscurely clawed, the biauriculate claw adnate to the base of the column and produced into a very short spur, the free limb oblong-obovate, with undulate margins, 12-15 mm. long and 5-7 mm. wide, the apex deeply emarginate and 2-lobed, the disk with a prominent fleshy bicarinate callus. Column subcylindric, the apex rather dilated and subclavate, with 2 short projecting teeth on the under-side.
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Distribution
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Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, British Guiana, Surinam, and Trinidad.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: vicinity Frijoles, sea level, Powell 3184; along Rio Chagres, between Gamboa and Alahuela, 30-60 m., Allen 962; Gatun Lake, sea level, Powell s.n. PANAMA: hills east of Panama City, Powell s. n.; vicinity Paja, near Empire, sea level, Powell 3194; vicinity Juan Mina, Rio Chagres, 100 ft., Allen & Allen 4133. COLON: Cativo-Porto Bello trail, sea level, Powell s. n.
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