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Porpax
Lindley ,in Bot.Reg. 31 (1845),Misc. 63 .
Dendrobieae . VI ,IX .Gr. porpax (handle of shield). Alluding probably to the " pair of little oblong leaves recurved at their point " which arise from the pseudobulb, or , according to Kranzlin ,perhaps referring , as " handle of a shield ," to the scutiform pseudobulbs.
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