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|familia=Orchidaceae
|genus=Isochilus
|species=linearis
|habit=orchid
|lifespan=perennial
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'''''Isochilus linearis''''' is a species of [[orchid]] native to [[Mexico]], the [[West Indies]], [[Central America]] and [[South America]]<ref>{{cite book |title=The New Encyclopedia of Orchids:1500 Species in cultivation |last1= La Croix|first1= I. F.|last2 = Aubron|first2 = Manuel |year= 2008 |publisher= Timber Press|isbn= 0881928763|page= 232|url= http://books.google.com/books?id=to4rytwGiiwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+new+encyclopedia+of+orchids&lr= |accessdate=June 21 2009}}</ref>.
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Isochilus linearis, R. Br. Fig. 1996. Slender, ľ -1 1/3 ft. high, leafy: lvs. distichous, linear, striate, obtuse, emarginate, 1 ˝ in. long: fls. purple, borne in a short, terminal spike. March. Growing on rocks and trees in thick woods, Jamaica, Trinidad, Brazil, etc. B.R. 745. L.B.C. 14: 1341. I. major, Cham. & Schlecht., of Mex., is taller, fls. larger and darker colored.
Isochilus linearis, R. Br. Slender, ľ -1 1/3 ft. high, leafy: lvs. distichous, linear, striate, obtuse, emarginate, 1 ˝ in. long: fls. purple, borne in a short, terminal spike. March. Growing on rocks and trees in thick woods, Jamaica, Trinidad, Brazil, etc. I. major, Cham. & Schlecht., of Mex., is taller, fls. larger and darker colored.
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==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
