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Restrepia muscifera
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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Fly-carrying Restrepia
| image = Restrepia_muscifera.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Restrepia fmuscifera''
| regnum =
Plantae
| divisio =
Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta
| classis =
Liliopsida
| ordo =
Asparagales
| familia =
Orchidaceae
| subfamilia =
Epidendroidae
| tribus =
Epidendreae
| subtribus =
Pleurothallidinae
| genus = '''''
Restrepia'''''
| species = '''''R. muscifera'''''
| binomial = ''Restrepia muscifera''
| binomial_authority = (Lindley) Rchb.f. ex Lindl, 1859
}}
'''Restrepia muscifera''' (
Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach Rchb. f.)
John Lindley Lindl., 1859 belongs to the orchid family (
Orchidaceae).
The epithet 'muscifera' is a Latin word, meaning 'fly bearing'. This is an allusion to the appearance of the
flower.
It is a tiny cespitose orchid, occurring from southern
Mexico to
Colombia, and a few scattered spots in
Peru, found in tropical and montane
rainforests at altitudes between 300 and 2,300 m.
This large
epiphyte epiphytic orchid lacks
pseudobulbs. The single, erect, thick, leathery
leaf is elleptic-ovate in shape. The aerial
roots seem like fine hairs.
The
flowers develop one at a time at the base of the leaf and reach a length of about 2.3 cm. They are borne on a slender peduncle, originating from the base of the back of the leaf.
The long dorsal
sepal is erect, almost translucent white with dark red dots and ends in a somewhat thicker, yellow club-shaped tip, with minute magenta dots. They have fused lateral sepals (synsepals) with a length of about 2.5 cm. and a small split at the end.
These are quite colorful : overall almost translucent white, overlaid with contrasting reddish-purple dots in an ovate line pattern. The long, lateral
petals also end in a thickened, yellow club-shaped tip.
The shorter, smooth
labellum lip is ovate. It shows the same variations of dark red with magenta dots.
