Angraecopsis lovettii P.J.Cribb

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Angraecopsis

Characteristics

A dwarf epiphyte with a very short stem up to 0.5 cm. long.. Roots wiry, 0.5 mm. in diameter.. Leaves 3–5, linear-ligulate to oblanceolate, unequally roundly bilobed at the apex, 2–2.75 cm. long, 3–4 mm. wide, twisted to lie in one plane at the base.. Inflorescences secund, less than 2.5 cm. long, 4–8-flowered; peduncle 4–9 mm. long; bracts amplexicaul, ovate-triangular, acute, 0.5–0.8 mm. long.. Flowers tiny, pale greenish white, all segments somewhat recurved; pedicel and ovary 3–5 mm. long.. Dorsal sepal elliptic-oblong, acute to obtuse, 3 mm. long, 1 mm. wide; lateral sepals obliquely narrowly elliptic, acute to obtuse, 3 mm. long, 1 mm. wide.. Petals oblong-elliptic, acute, 2.5 mm. long, 1 mm. wide.. Lip slighdy recurved, ovate, acute and fleshy at the apex, 2 mm. long, 1 mm. wide.. Spur slightly incurved, clavate, 1–2 mm. long, notched at the apex.. Column 0.5 mm. long; rostellum 3-lobed, with papillate side lobes produced above and below into acute tips and mid-lobe pendent and acute; pollinia 2; stipites 2, linear; viscidia 2, narrowly elliptic.
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Distribution

Angraecopsis lovettii world distribution map, present in Tanzania, United Republic of

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:938697-1
WFO ID wfo-0000974599
COL ID DZQF
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Synonyms

Angraecopsis lovettii Mystacidium lovettii