Polystachya foliosa (Hook.) Rchb.f.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Orchidaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Stems slender, 2 dm. long or less. Sheaths striate, 1-3 cm. long; leaves usually 2, linear or linear-lanceolate, 5-16 em. long, 3-8 mm. wide, obtuse or minutely 2-3-toothed at the apex, shorter than or equalling the stem; racemes 1-5, narrow, rather densely several-many-flowered; flowers yellow or yellowish; bracts acute or acuminate, 1-2 mm. long; median sepal ovate, about 1.5 mm. long; lateral sepals broadly ovate, about 2 mm. long; petals spatulate, rounded, 1.5-2 mm. long; lip nearly 2 mm. long, obovate, its lateral lobes incurved, not much smaller than the median one.
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Distribution
On tree-trunks, Andros : Grenada ; Trinidad ; northern South America. Small Polystachya.
Andros Island Bahamas South America| Grenada South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| South America|