Pelexia adnata (Sw.) Spreng.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Orchidaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Pelexia adnata (Sw.) Spreng.

  • Description

    Species Description - Scape pubescent above, 2.5-4 dm. high. Basal leaves 2-5, glabrous, the blades elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 5-12 cm. long, 3-nerved, acute at the apex, rounded at the base, the slender, nearly erect petioles 7-14 em. long, reddish; sheaths of the scape acuminate, 2-5 cm. long; spike pubescent, many-flowered, 6-12 cm. long; bracts narrowly lanceolate, about as long as the whitish flowers; sepals about 6 mm. long, the median one elliptic, obtuse, concave, the lateral ones linear, acute; petals linear, nearly as long as the sepals; lip tubular below, 5-6 mm. long; capsule about 1.5 cm. long, 6-ribbed.

  • Distribution

    In shady coppice, Andros at Conch Sound : Cuba to Guadeloupe ; Jamaica ; Venezuela. Determination based on fruiting specimen only ; recorded by Mrs. Northrop as Cranicliis sp. Short-spurred Pelexia.

    Andros Island Bahamas South America| Cuba South America| Guadeloupe South America| Jamaica South America| Venezuela South America|