May 04, 2017
May 01, 2017
April 28, 2017
Platystele hirtzii
Platystele hirtzii Luer, Selbyana 5: 155 (1979).
This name is accepted.
April 19, 2017
Catasetum oscar
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Natural Spread
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3.0
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3.5
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Dorsal Sepal
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1.7
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3.2
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Petals
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1.8
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3.2
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Lateral Sepals
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2.1
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3.2
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Lip / Pouch
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2.3
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3.0
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Description: Ten hooded, male flowers on one 45-cm inflorescence; plant
30-cm wide and 35-cm tall; pseudobulbs 4-cm wide and 9-cm long; sepals ovate,
green; petals ovate, green, spotted minutely red-brown; lip cordate, saccate,
green, interior veined darker green, distal portion pointed, fleshy, bulbous,
white; substance hard; texture waxy.
20175973 pnw
Cyrtochilum soderoi
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Natural Spread
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3.6
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4.7
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Dorsal Sepal
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0.8
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3.2
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Petals
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0.7
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2.0
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Lateral Sepals
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0.6
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3.0
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Lip / Pouch
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0.5
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1.8
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Description: One hundred and sixty-eight open flowers and 3 buds on
three branched 150-cm arched inflorescences on two growths; plant 75-cm wide
and 60-cm tall in a 35 cm basket grown in bark; pseudobulb round 4.0-cm wide,
10-cm long; leaves lanceolate, 3.0-cm wide, 45 cm-long; sepals and petals
lanceolate, margins wavy, green-yellow, spotted purple-brown basal half; lip
pandurate, basal half purple, callus toothed, dull white; substance malleable;
texture crystalline.
20175972 pnw
Cyrtochilum ventilabrum
Natural Spread
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3.2
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4.5
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Dorsal Sepal
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1.5
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2.0
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Petals
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1.0
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1.6
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Lateral Sepals
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1.5
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1.8
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Lip / Pouch
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0.8
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1.3
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Description: Ninety-eight fairly flat, full flowers and four buds on a 250-cm climbing inflorescence; plant 48-cm wide and 72-cm tall; pseudobulb slightly flattened, 2.5-cm wide and 11-cm long; sepals widely spatulate, brown; petals widely spatulate, brown, white apically; lip widely spatulate, purple band apically, callus randomly papillose, spotted brown with yellow tips; substance firm; texture matte.
20175970 pnw
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