Calanthe sacculata Schltr.

Species

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Characteristics

Plants 25-30 cm tall. Leaves 3, basal, not deciduous; blade elliptic, 14-17 × 3-4.5 cm, glabrous, base petiole-like, apex subacute or acute. Scape arising from leaf axil, erect, to ca. 27 cm, with 1 or 2 bractlike sheaths, puberulent; rachis laxly 4-6-flowered; floral bracts persistent, ovate, apex acuminate. Flowers medium-sized; pedicel and ovary ca. 10 mm, puberulent. Sepals oblong, ca. 15 mm, base contracted, apex subacute; lateral sepals oblique. Petals lanceolate-ligulate, oblique, slightly shorter than sepals, apex acuminate; lip adnate to base of column wings, 3-lobed, spurless, clawed at base, claw concave and forming a shallow sac at base; lateral lobes spreading horizontally, ovate, oblique, ca. 11 mm across their apices, apex obtuse; mid-lobe orbicular, ca. 7 mm wide, apex emarginate and mucronate; disk with 1-3 lamellae; lamellae subovoid, ca. 9 mm. Column short, glabrous. Fl. unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Calanthe sacculata world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:621028-1
WFO ID wfo-0000765054
COL ID PFH7
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Synonyms

Calanthe sacculata var. tchenkeoutinensis Calanthe sacculata Calanthe sacculata var. sacculata