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(Last Modified On 10/29/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/29/2012)
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Species
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RENEALMIA COSTARICENSIS Standl.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Field Mus. Publ. Bot. 18:190. 1937.
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Synonym
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Renealmia densiflora Standl. in Jour. Wash. Acad. Sci. 17:249. 1927, non Urb.
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Description
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Leafy stems 6-8 dm. tall, relatively stout; leaves obovate to broadly oblanceo- late, obtuse or rounded to very abruptly acuminate, broadly cuneate at the base, 20-50 cm. long, 8-16 cm. broad, very shortly petiolate or subsessile; inflorescence scapose and arising directly from the rhizome, 20-40 cm. long, the lower 2/3 sterile, bearing several leafless sheaths 1.5-4.0 cm. long, minutely puberulent, the flowering portion very dense and compact, cylindrical, the bracts broadly obovate- suborbicular, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, green, tardily deciduous; perianth pale yellow, occasionally white, the labellum lemon-yellow, 0.5-0.6 cm. long; calyx turbinate, 0.3-0.4 cm. long, orange-pink, persistent and accrescent in fruit; capsules un- known at maturity.
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Distribution
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Costa Rica and Panama, perhaps also in South America, in lowland thickets and open forest.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Rio Cricamola, Woodson, Allen & Seibert 1882. COLON: Dos Bocas, Pittier 42I3. SAN BLAS: Puerto Obaldia, Pittier 4327.
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Note
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These plants recall the published description of R. spicata Gaignp. of the Guianas, specimens of which are not available for study at present.
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