|
(Last Modified On 10/31/2012)
|
|
|
|
(Last Modified On 10/31/2012)
|
|
Species
|
COCHLIOSTEMA ODORATISSIMUM Lem.
|
|
PlaceOfPublication
|
Illustr. Hortic. 6: Misc. 70. PI. 2I7. 1859
|
|
Reference
|
Woodson & Schery, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 29:149. 1942.
|
|
Synonym
|
Cochliostema odoratum C. Koch & Bouche, Wochenschr. Ver. Gartenb. 340. 1859. Cochliostema Jacobianum K. Koch & Linden, Wochenschr. Ver. Gartenb. 322. 1867.
|
|
Description
|
Giant acaulescent epiphytes. Leaves rosulate, oblanceolate, acuminate, attenu- ated at the base into a long subpetiolar base, 4-10 dm. long; the basal sheath about 1 dm. long, glabrous throughout. Flowering scape rather stout, 3-8 dm. long, erect or pendulous, bearing 3-nate scorpioid cymes at the nodes, each subtended by a showy petalaceous, lanceolate bract 2-6 cm. long. Sepals about 3 cm. long. Petals about equalling the sepals, purple, densely fringed.
|
|
Distribution
|
Costa Rica (?), Panama, Ecuador, Bolivia; epiphytic in lowland forests in Panama.
|
|
Specimen
|
BOCAS DEL TORO: Lobo Creek, Chiriqui Lagoon, von Wedel 2627; Fish Creek, von Wedel 2296.
|
|
Note
|
This is without doubt the most distinctive genus of Commelinaceae in its gigantic size, peculiar habit, and complexity of floral structure.
|
|
Tag
|
|
|
|
Project Name
|
|
Tag
|
|
|
|