Prescottia mucugensis C.O.Azevedo & Van den Berg 2010

Inflorescence Drawing by © C Dodson and The Epidendra Website

Common Name The Mucugê Prescottia [A municipality of Bahia state of Brazil]

Flower Size .08" [2 mm]

Found in Bahia Brazil among rocks and velloziaceae at elevations of 1000 to 1400 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial without leaves when blooming which occurs in the spring on a terminal, erect, 6.8 to 8.8" [17 to 22 cm] long, rachis 1.2 to 2.2" [3 to 5.5 cm] long, angular, 10 to 20 flowered inflorescence with 3 to 5, acute peduncle bracts and greenish to purplish-brown, avate, acuminate floral bracts.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Kew Bull. 65: 1. Azevedo & Van den Berg 2010 drawing fide

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