Brachycorythis angolensis Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Brachycorythis

Characteristics

Terrestrial herb 30–65 cm. high.. Roots thick and flesh, cylindrical.. Leaves on flowering stem 5–10, laxly arranged, lanceolate, up to 10 cm. long and 2 cm. broad; leaves on sterile stems 1–2, oblanceolate, distinctly stalked, up to 28 cm. long and 3.5 cm. broad.. Inflorescence rather dense, many-flowered, 3–11 cm. long, 2–3 cm. in diameter; bracts lanceolate, the lower equalling the flowers.. Flowers white to mauve, the lip darker with mauve or purple spots; ovary with pedicel 1–1.5 cm. long.. Dorsal sepal elliptical, the laterals obliquely ovate-elliptical, 6–9.5 mm. long, reticulately veined.. Petals obliquely oblong or elliptical, rounded, equalling the sepals.. Lip-hypochile forming a rounded spur 2–3 mm. long; epichile broader than long, 5–9 mm. long, usually shortly 3-lobed in apical part, the lobes rounded and almost equal.. Column rather slender, ± 5 mm. long.
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Lip 7–10 mm long, the hypochile forming a sac-like spur 2.5–4.5 mm long; the epichile 5.5–8 × 7–9.2 mm, 3-lobed in apical half, the lobes rounded, ± equal in length.
Leaves on flowering stem 5–10, well spaced out along the stem, up to 10 × 2.5 cm, lanceolate; leaves on sterile shoot 2, up to 28 × 3.5 cm, oblanceolate, petiolate.
Inflorescence dense, many-flowered, 5.5–12.5 × 3–5 cm; ovary and pedicel 11–15 mm long; bracts up to 26 × 4.5 mm, lanceolate.
Sepals elliptic; dorsal sepal 7–10.5 × 2.5–4.5 mm, lateral sepals usually slightly longer and oblique.
Petals 6–10 × 1.5–4.5 mm, obliquely oblanceolate or elliptic, attached to column at the base.
Terrestrial herb 30–65 cm tall with long, thick cylindrical roots.
Flowers white or mauve, the lip darker and spotted.
Column slender, 4.5–5.5 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.65
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Brachycorythis angolensis world distribution map, present in Angola, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:617923-1
WFO ID wfo-0000378909
COL ID MVM2
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Platanthera angolensis Brachycorythis angolensis Afrorchis angolensis Diplacorchis angolensis Brachycorythis oligophylla