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(Last Modified On 11/29/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/29/2012)
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Species
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EPIPHYLLUM MACROPTERUM (Lem.) Britton & Rose
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PlaceOfPublication
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Carnegie Inst. Wash. Publ. No. 248. 4:193. 1923.
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Synonym
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Phyllocactus macropterus Lem. Illustr. Hort. 11: Misc. 73. 1864. Phyllocactus thomasianus K. Sch. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5:6. 1895. Phyllocactus costaricensis Weber, in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 8:463. 1902. Phyllocactus macrocarpus Weber, loc. cit. 464. 1902. Epiphyllum costaricense (Weber) Britton & Rose, in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 16:256. 1913. Epiphyllum thomasianum (K. Sch.) Britton & Rose, loc. cit. 259. 1913.
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Description
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Massive succulent epiphytic shrubs, the primary stem joints terete or weakly 4-angled and 5-8 mm. thick when young, becoming stouter and terete in age, the secondary stem joints narrowly obovate- to oblong-elliptic, obtuse to rounded at the tip, broadly decurrent to a short weakly angled subpetiolar base, about 6-8 dm. long and 5-10 cm. broad, rather broadly and regularly crenate, rather thin and venose in dessication, conspicuously callose-marginate, the areoles 2-5 cm. distant, minutely puberulent, borne within the deep indentations of the crenations. Flowers nocturnal, very large and handsome, the perianth tube 12-15 cm. long, tubular, arcuate, about 6 mm. broad at the base, gradually dilating to a conical throat about 3 cm. broad at the orifice, pale greenish rose, bearing rather conspicuous persistent subfoliaceous bracts, the segments about 8-12 cm. long, slightly spreading, the outer linear-lanceolate, pale greenish rose, the inner obovate-elliptic, white; ovary oblongoid, about 3-4 cm. long, bearing many subfoliaceous bracts. Berry oblong- fusiform, usually beaked, about 10-12 cm. long and 4-5 cm. thick, slightly tuberculate at the minutely puberulent areoles, red when ripe.
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Habit
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shrub
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Distribution
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Costa Rica and Panama, epiphytic and upon rocks, apparently usually at low altitudes.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: vicinity of Chiriqui Lagoon, Von Wedel 1I64; Snapper Point, Von Wedel 2639; Water Valley, Von Wedel 736; Shepherd Island, Von Wedel 2722. CHIRI- QuI: Puerto Armuelles, Davidson I190.
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Note
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An extremely showy plant
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