(Last Modified On 12/4/2012)
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(Last Modified On 12/4/2012)
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Genus
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GALEANDRA Lindl.
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Lindl. & Bauer, Illustr. Orch. Pl., Gen. t. 8. 1832.
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Description
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Terrestrial or epiphytic herbs. Stems leafy, becoming thickened and pseudobulbose. Leaves distichous, plicate. Sepals free, equal, spreading. Petals similar to the sepals, sometimes broader. Lip entire or bilobed, adnate to the base of the column, with a conspicuous spur at the base; lateral lobes usually erect and enfolded over the column. Column erect, short; anther terminal, operculate, incumbent, imperfectly 2-celled; pollinia 4, ceraceous, often in pairs.
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Note
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There are 3 species of Galeandra ix Mexico and Central America, 2 of which occur in Panama-About 20 species in South America.
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Key
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a. Plants epiphytic; lip large, with spur 4-5 cm. long .................................. 1. G. BAUERI aa. Plants terrestrial; lip about 2 cm. long ........................................ 2. G. JUNCEA
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