Brassia verrucosa

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| name = Warty brassia

| image = Brassia_verrucosa_Orchi_01.jpg

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| genus = Brassia

| species = verrucosa

| authority = Bateman ex Lindl. (1840)

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| synonyms = * Oncidium verrucosum (Bateman ex Lindl.) Rchb. f. (1863)

• Brassia brachiata Lindl. (1842)
• Brassia aristata Lindl. (1844)
• Brassia odontoglossoides Klotzsch & H. Karst. (1847)
• Brassia coryandra E. Morren (1848)
• Brassia longiloba DC. (1848)
• Brassia cowanii Lindl. (1854)
• Oncidium brachiatum (Lindl.) Rchb. f. (1863)

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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.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=24313 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Hamer, F. 1988. Orchids of Central America. Selbyana 10(Suppl.): 1–430.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/241369#page/238/mode/1up Lindley, John. 1840. Edwards's Botanical Register 26: Misc. 36–37.] It is most notable for its very thin but very long sepals and petals each of which can be up to six inches (fifteen cm) in length, for a potential diameter of one foot (thirty cm).{{cite book | last1= Turner |first1=R.J. Jr. | last2= Wasson | first2= Ernie | date= 1999 | title= Botanica | location= not given | publisher= Barnes & Noble | page= 153 | ISBN= 0760716420 }}