Alamania
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Alamania punicea is a species of epiphytic orchids[1] and the only species of the genus Alamania. It is endemic to Mexico and has two recognized varieties:[2]
- Alamania punicea subsp. greenwoodiana Soto Arenas & R.Jiménez[3] - Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz
- Alamania punicea subsp. punicea - similar range
Description
Small, epiphytic plant that prefers a cool climate, it has an ovoid pseudobulb with 2 to 3 coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, articular, basal and broad leaves that blooms in an erect, terminal, cluster-shaped inflorescence that can carry one to nine red-orange flowers. It produces its flowering in the spring and early summer.
References
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- ↑ Lexarza, Juan José Martinez de. 1824. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) 3: 452
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Soto Arenas & R. Jiménez. 2003. Icones Orchidacearum 5–6: , t. 516
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