!Basiphyllaea sarcophylla (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1921
Tubers and leaf Photos by © ?Manuel Alejandro Soto Calvo and his Facebook page
Common Name The Fleshy Leaved Basiphyllaea
Flower Size
Found in Cuba as a terrestrial with oblong-elongate tubers giving rise to a prostrate, broadly elliptic, acute, fleshy, keeled leaf that blooms on an erect, terminal, few flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Bletia platyphylla Rchb.f. ex Griseb. 1866; *Bletia sarcophylla Rchb.f. 1865; Tetramicra platyphylla Griseb. 1866; Tetramicra sarcophylla (Rchb.f.) Cogn 1910
References
W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 9 513 - 576 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 as Basiphyllaea platyphylla;
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