Brassia verrucosa

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.^[1][2][3] 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).^[4]

Warty brassia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Brassia
Species:	B. verrucosa
Binomial name
Brassia verrucosa Bateman ex Lindl. (1840)
Synonyms[1]
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)