Prescottia

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7	20175462	Prescottia plantaginifolia
	entry #1466	‘Jardin botanique de Montréal’
		CCM 83 points Provisional

	width	length
Natural spread	0.4	0.6
Dorsal sepal	0.2	0.2
Petals	-	-
Lateral sepals	0.3	0.3
Lip	0.4	0.5

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

Prescottia rodeiensis which is a syn of plantagifolia

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