~Scaphyglottis decipiens C.Schweinf. 1955 - See Scaphyglottis boliviensis (Rolfe) B.R.Adams 1988
TYPE Drawing by Charles Schweinfurth © / Photo by Rojas/Elizondo, Used under permission of Epidendra Website CR
Common Name The Deceptive Scaphyglottis [refers to it's similarity to other species]
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in Costa Rica at elevations around 30 meters as a medium sized, hot growing epiphyte with slender, often superposed, cylindrical pseudobulbs enveloped basally in youth by several, close, distichous sheaths and carrying 2, subopposite, narrowly linear, sessile, coriaceous, minutely bilobed and apiculate apically leaves that blooms in the spring on 1 to 2 terminal, short, 2 flowered inflorescence.
Similar to S longicaulis but the lip is very different, also similar to a South American species, S boliviensis differing in shorter stems, narrower leaves and a prominently arched column and in having consistently larger flowers with narrower segments and a differently proportioned lip.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Lankester's Epidendra Website CR ;
* Bot. Mus. Leafl. 17: 43. Schweinfurth 1955 drawing fide
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