Arthrochilus latipes D.L.Jones

Robust elbow orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Arthrochilus

Characteristics

Rosette absent or on lateral growth; leaves 2–4, lanceolate, 25–75 × 8–26 mm, dull green. Flower stem 100–300 mm tall, 3–15-flowered. Flowers 15–25 mm long, green with short, thickly clubbed, yellowish to brownish labellum glands. Dorsal sepal 13–15 × 3–4 mm. Lateral sepals 10–11 × 3–5 mm. Petals 10–11 × 1 mm. Labellum stalk c. 5 mm long. Labellum lamina c. 7.5 × 1.5 mm, green with purplish basal blotch; free basal part of labellum c. 3 mm long. Callus domed, c. 5 mm long; central area densely covered with shiny, clubbed calli 0.5–1 mm long; margins densely covered with clubbed calli; limb of callus c. 2.5 mm long, apex bulbous, c. 2 mm wide, notched, nearly straight across, with shiny black warts.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Locally abundant; mainly growing among deep litter on sheltered slopes and shady pockets in sandstone escarpments and near streams in monsoon forest dominated by Allosyncarpia ternata; also among low shrubs in moist areas of open forest in seasonally wet, but freely draining, grey to white sand.
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Images

Arthrochilus latipes unspecified picture

Distribution

Arthrochilus latipes world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:959675-1
WFO ID wfo-0000276780
COL ID GYH3
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Synonyms

Arthrochilus latipes