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Brachycorythis mixta Summerh.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Brachycorythis

Characteristics

Lip hypochile 2–3 mm long, cup-shaped; epichile projecting horizontally, rather fleshy, c. 7.3 × 7.5 mm, obovate, 3-lobed towards the apex, the sides reflexed, lateral lobes larger than the mid-lobe. Mid-lobe often upturned.
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Inflorescence 10–15 × 3 cm, densely many-flowered; ovary and pedicel c. 15 mm long; bracts leaf-like, up to 20 × 3 mm, pubescent.
Sepals and petals yellow-green, purplish on the outside; lip bright yellow, mauve-tinged in throat.
Leaves numerous, up to 5 × 1 cm, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, densely pubescent.
Sepals 6.5–7 × 3.7–4.5 mm; dorsal sepal elliptic, obtuse; lateral sepals obliquely ovate.
Petals c. 5.5 × 2.5 mm, oblong, obtuse, forming a hood with the dorsal sepal.
Terrestrial herb 30–50 cm tall.
Column short and stout.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Brachycorythis mixta world distribution map, present in Angola and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:617954-1
WFO ID wfo-0000381031
COL ID MVMV
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Synonyms

Brachycorythis mixta
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