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(Last Modified On 11/19/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/19/2012)
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Subspecific
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CATTLEYA SKINNERI var. AUTUMNALIS Allen
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 29:345. 1942.
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Description
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Epiphytic or semi-terrestrial herbs up to 4 dm. tall. Pseudobulbs 15-30 cm. long and 1-3 cm. in diameter, cylindric to fusiform, 2-, rarely 1-, leaved. Inflores- cence a simple few-flowered raceme; spathe 5-10 cm. long, pergameneous. Leaves 10-15 cm. long and 3.5-5.5 cm. broad, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, coriaceous. Sepals 3-5 cm. long and 0.8-1.4 cm. broad, elliptic to broadly ob- lanceolate, acute. Petals 3-5 cm. long and 1-2.5 cm. broad, lanceolate to nar- rowly ovate or oval, obtuse or acute. Lip 3-4.5 ,cm. long and 2-3 cm. broad, oval to obovate, retuse, usually darker in color than the sepals and petals, enfolding the column.
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Distribution
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Panama.
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Note
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The Panamanian variety of a species distributed from Mexico to Costa Rica and the only known Cattleya in Panama. Autumn flowering, and the flowers smaller than in the species.
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