Ancistrorhynchus metteniae (Kraenzl.) Summerh.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Ancistrorhynchus

Characteristics

A pendent epiphyte with a short stem 2–7 cm. long.. Roots branching, 2–3 mm. in diameter.. Leaves linear, unequally bilobed at the apex, 16–25 cm. long, 1.1–1.6 cm. wide, each lobe 2-toothed, articulated at the base to leaf-sheaths 1–1.5 cm. long.. Inflorescences densely many-flowered, 1.5–1.7 cm. long; bracts papery, ovate, acute, 6–10 mm. long, 3–5 mm. wide.. Flowers white with a green mark on the lip; pedicel and ovary 4–5 mm. long, scabrid.. Dorsal sepal elliptic, obtuse, 3.6–5.1 mm. long, 2.1–2.3 mm. wide; lateral sepals obliquely oblong, obtuse, 4–5.1 mm. long, 2 mm. wide.. Petals elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 3.7–4.7 mm. long, 1.7–2.4 mm. wide.. Lip broadly ovate-subcircular, obtuse, 3.5–4 mm. long, 4.3–4.5 mm. wide.. Spur clavate, straight, 3–4.3 mm. long.. Column 1.6–1.7 mm. long; stipites 2, oblanceolate; viscidium linear.
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Yellow or green blotches on the lip.
Flowers white
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

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Distribution

Ancistrorhynchus metteniae world distribution map, present in Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Uganda

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:615803-1
WFO ID wfo-0000970718
COL ID DMV8
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Synonyms

Listrostachys braunii Listrostachys metteniae Cephalangraecum metteniae Angraecum cephalotes Cephalangraecum braunii Ancistrorhynchus metteniae