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Warty Brassia

Brassia verrucosa

Warty Brassia
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Epiphyte, Bulb
Native range
Mexico to N. Brazil
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Brassia verrucosa, also known as warty brassia, is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae native to Mexico, Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua), Venezuela, and Brazil. It has very thin but very long sepals and petals, each of which can be up to 15 cm (5.9 in) length.

Other Brassia plants

Brassia keiliana · Brassia allenii · Brassia arachnoidea · Arching Brassia · Brassia aurantiaca · Cricket orchid · Brassia cochleata · Brassia gireoudiana · Brassia lanceana · Brassia macrostachya · Spotted Spider Orchid · Brassia pumila

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brassia verrucosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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