Plant Morphology
Planta affinis Paphiniae cristata (Lindl.), sed habitu terrestri, inflorescentia erecta et pilis binis in basi labelli diversa.
Description: Terrestrial herb. Rhizome short. Pseudobulbs appressed, laterrally compressed, narrowly ovate, costate, to 2 cm wide and 8 cm long, 2 to 30folite, with 2 to 3 distichous, foliaceous sheaths surrounding the base. Leaves thin, heavily veined on the underside, narrowly ovate, acuminate, to 8 cm wide and 32 cm long. Infloresence produced from the base of the pseudobulb, erect, stout, surrounded by 2 to 4 sheaths, 3 to 5-flowered, to 22 cm long.
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