Pleurothallis ruscifolia (Jacq.) R.Br.
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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 - Caespitose epiphytes with slender compressed secondary stems to 12 cm. Leaves solitary, lanceolate, acute-acuminate, to 10 X 3 cm. Inflorescences sessile fascicles at base of leaf, simultaneously many-flowered. Flowers translucent, pale greenish-yellow, fragrant; dorsal sepal ovate, acuminate, concave, erect, 5 X 3.5 mm, the lateral sepals subsimilar to dorsal sepal, connate for whole length, the resulting structure 5 X 2.5 mm; petals linear-subulate, 3 X 0.5 mm; lip lanceolate, sigmoid, fleshy, basally subsaccate, 1 X 0.7 mm; column short, ca. 1 mm long, rostellum subulate. Fl (Jan).