20175462 Toronto
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20175462
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Prescottia
plantaginifolia
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entry #1466
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‘Jardin
botanique de Montréal’
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CCM 83 points
Provisional
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width
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length
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Natural spread
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0.4
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0.6
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Dorsal sepal
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0.2
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0.2
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Petals
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-
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-
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Lateral sepals
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0.3
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0.3
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Lip
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0.4
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0.5
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Approximately
1,100 non-resupinate flowers and 350 buds arranged helicoidally on six erect
inflorescences bearing up to eight lanceolate bracts up to 14 cm long, leaves lanceolate
and imbricate, up to 8 per growth, plant 99 cm wide by 97 cm high growing in a round
8-cm clay pot; sepals white suffused pink; petals white suffused pink 0.05 cm by 0.05 cm; lip green, orange
senescence; column cream; substance soft, lip firm; texture crystalline.Plant,
originating from Brazil, recognized for its rarity and educational value. Award
pending identificaqtion by SITF.
Prescottia plantaginifolia Lindl. ex Hook., Exot. Fl.: t. 115 (1824).
This name is accepted.
this is labeled as
Key to species of Prescottia
1. Lip inner surface glabrous ................................................................................................................................................................ 2
- Lip inner surface pubescent ............................................................................................................................................................ 12
2. Lateral sepals erect or pressed against the lip .................................................................................................................................. 3
- Lateral sepals reflexed to revolute .................................................................................................................................................... 6
3. Petal apex truncate; lip apex prominent with undulate margin........................................................................ Prescottia glazioviana
- Petal apex not truncate; lip apex not prominent with straight margin ............................................................................................... 4
4. Sepals and petals greenish, with some brown; lip whitish to yellowish, 1.2–1.5 mm long .............................Prescottia mucugensis
- Sepals and petals pale green; lip green, at least 2.5 mm long ........................................................................................................... 5
5. Leaves 2–3, sessile or pseudopetiolate; lip 2.5–4.0 mm long ..............................................................................Prescottia phleoides
- Leaves 1(2), clearly petiolate; lip 4.0–4.8(–6.6) mm long .................................................................................... Prescottia montana
6. Leaf sessile or pseudopetiolate ......................................................................................................................................................... 7
- Leaf clearly petiolate ........................................................................................................................................................................ 8
7. Flowers overlapping; sepals and petals whitish, lip green ....................................................................... Prescottia spiranthophylla
- Flowers not overlapping; sepals, petals and lip greenish ........................................................................... Prescottia plantaginifolia
8. Petiole 1.5–2.0 cm long; lateral sepals reflexed with distal part pressed against ovary.................................. Prescottia leptostachya
- Petiole more than 2 cm long; lateral sepals revolute ......................................................................................................................... 9
9. Flowers almost patent; lip with a keel or septum ................................................................................................. Prescottia carnosa
- Flowers erect; lip without a keel or septum .................................................................................................................................... 10
10. Leaf deltoid .................................................................................................................................................. Prescottia ecuadorensis
- Leaf elliptic to ovate ....................................................................................................................................................................... 11
11. Leaf ovate; lip with a prominent midvein ............................................................................................................... Prescottia lojana
- Leaf elliptic to ovate; lip without a prominent midvein ................................................................................... Prescottia stachyodes
12. Inflorescence nodding.........................................................................................................................................Prescottia lancifolia
- Inflorescence erect .......................................................................................................................................................................... 13
13. Leaf petiolate; flowers not overlapping ...............................................................................................................Prescottia oligantha
- Leaf sessile to pseudopetiolate; flowers overlapping ...................................................................................................................... 14
14. Rachis 1.0–2.0 cm long; lip 1.5–1.7 mm long; leaf sessile..................................................................................... Prescottia ostenii
- Rachis 5.0–14.0 cm long; lip 1.7–2.4 mm long; leaf sessile to pseudopetiolate................................................. Prescottia densiflora