Rodriguezia decora
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Rodriguezia decora, Reichb. f. (Burlingtonia decora, Lem.). Plant with a long, slender rhizome, with oval, 1-lvd. pseudo- bulbs: scape nearly erect, 9 in. high, bearing 5-10 blossoms in a loose raceme; sepals and petals ovate, acute, connivent, white or pale rose spotted with red; labellum twice as long as the petals, white; middle lobe rounded, bifid, contracted into a broad claw which has several fringed lamellae; column with falcate hairy ears. May June. Brazil. D.M. 4834. F.S. 7:716. Var. picta, Hort. (Burlingtonia decora var. picta, Hook.). Pseu-dobulbs orbicular, compressed: fls. short, acute; sepals and petals spotted with deep purple-red. B.M. 5419.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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