Leochilus puertoricensis
Posted on June 21, 2013
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Description: Sixteen slightly cupped flowers and seven buds on fife sequentially
bloomed, branched inflorescences ; leaves 6.7 cm long by 1.7 cm wide borne on a flattened, ovoid
pseudobulbs; plant grown on a coffee tree twig; flowers chartreuse, lighter on
the lip and anther cap; white basal keel
on lip; substance firm; texture waxy; plant endemic to Puerto Rico and the
Leeward and Windward Islands; awarded provisionally as Leochilus puertoricensis M.W.Chase, Syst.
Bot. 11: 242 (1986); charming miniature with possible use in hybridization of
miniature Oncidium-alliance hybrids.Â
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Nomenclature
Record per WCSPF
Leochilus
puertoricensis M.W.Chase, Syst. Bot. 11: 242 (1986).
This name is accepted.Â
Distribution:Â Puerto Rico to Lesser Antilles
Leochilus puertoricensis, award 20134050, has been confirmed to be  Leochilus puertoricensis by SITF (July 2013).
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