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Prosthechea abbreviata (Prosthechea abbreviata)

Description

It is an orchid small with habits epifita with pseudobulbs slightly compressed fusiform carrying 2 liguladas honjas obliquely emarginate, leathery. It blooms at the end of spring and summer in an apical inflorescence 1.5 cm long, with untwisted flowers near the apex of a mature pseudobulb.This species is similar to Anacheilium calamriam but differs in that it is larger in the plant and the size of the flower.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Orchidaceae

              • Genus: Prosthechea