Nidema ottonis (Rchb.f.) Britton & Millsp.
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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 - Pseudobulbs narrowly oblong, clustered, compressed, 2-3.5 cm. long, 1-leaved. Leaf thin in texture, linear, 6-13 cm. long, 5-8 mm. wide, obtuse or acutish; scape very slender, little, if any, longer than the leaf, bearing several linear scales and 3-6 bracted whitish flowers; ovary shorter than the linear bract; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, about 8 mm. long; petals linear, acute, about 6 mm. long; lip linear, acute, undivided, about 5 mm. long; column free, claviform, 4 mm. long, 5-toothed; capsule oblong, about 1 cm. long.
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Distribution
On tree, Blue Hills, New Providence, collected by Eggers (according to Cogniaux). not found by us in the Bahamas:- Jamaica; Cuba; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico ; Trinidad ; Venezuela.
New Providence Bahamas South America|