Cryptarrhena guatemalensis Schltr.
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Authority
Mori, S. A., et al. 1997. Guide to the vascular plants of central French Guiana: Part 1. Pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and monocotyledons. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76: 1-422.
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Family
Orchidaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Epiphytes producing fan-shaped growth flushes. Pseudobulbs present, small, developed or nearly absent. Leaves several, oblong-oblanceolate, obliquely emarginate, distichous, thin, pale green, to 4 X 0.7 cm. Inflorescences many-flowered, pendent racemes. Flowers apple-green with white lip; dorsal sepal and petals lanceolate, acuminate, 4 X 1.3 mm, the lateral sepals narrowly ovate, acuminate, 5 X 1.5 mm; lip 5-lobulate, clawed, the posterior lateral lobules filiform, strongly recurved, the two anterior lobules filiform, divergent, with central lobule apiculate. Fl (Apr), fr (immature Jul).