Oeceoclades maculata (Lindl.) Lindl.

  • Filed As

    Orchidaceae
    Oeceoclades maculata (Lindl.) Lindl.

  • Collector(s)

    T. Morong 968, 1888 - 1890

  • Location

    Paraguay. Pilcomayo River.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2022.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 04109820

    Occurrence ID: 8d0e70e8-c1a2-4aa1-8ff0-dd8bbb058007

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Eulophia maculata, Reichb. f.
Pilcoinayo River (968). March.
Scapes.stiff, erect, sparsely bracted, 4-5 dm. high, from thick,
white, cottony, granulated roo£s. Leaves radical, elliptical, very
thick, light green, blotched-with deeper green, somewhat channelled
in the centre, spiny pointed, sheathed at the base by several bracts,,
the largest over 3 dm. Jp'ng and about 5 cm. wide. Flowers 2 cm.
high, 5-15 in the spike, 1 or 2 spikes springing from the same bract,
1 longer than the other j. /lip larger than the other segments of the
corolla, with 2 small rounded lobes at its base, the lqbes purple-
striped inside and whitish outside, the upper portion curbed down-
wards, with 2 spots of reddish-purple inside, whitish outside; spur
curved, clavate. Ovary enlarging to 3 cm. in fruit. In deep, damp
woods.
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' Ctillected by Thos. Morong, 1888-1890.
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