Campylocentrum pachyrrhizum Rolfe

Leafless bentspur orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Campylocentrum

Characteristics

Plants appressed to substrate, inconspicuous, leafless at anthesis. Roots gray-green, fascicled, 2.5–5 mm wide when flattened against substrate. Stems hidden by roots, to 5 mm. Leaves early deciduous, minute, scarious. Inflorescences densely flowered spikes, erect to pendent, stout, to 3.5 cm; floral bracts broadly cordate, 1–3 mm, scarious, margins erose-denticulate. Flowers resupinate, funnelform; sepals brownish orange, elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 4 × 1.5 mm, apex acute; petals creamy white with pink flush, otherwise similar to sepals, 3.5 × 1.5 mm; lip same color as petals, 3-lobed, 2–3 × 2 mm, middle lobe triangular-acuminate, lateral lobes triangular-rounded; spur saccate, 2.5 mm; column less than 0.5 mm; pollinia greenish; ovary sessile, 1 mm. Capsules brownish orange, ellipsoid, 6–9 × 3–4 mm, pubescent.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

Fruit

Campylocentrum pachyrrhizum fruit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Campylocentrum pachyrrhizum world distribution map, present in Brazil, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:44234-2
WFO ID wfo-0000795132
COL ID QGT5
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INPN ID 731964
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Campylocentrum pachyrrhizum Campylocentrum rimbachii Aeranthes pachyrrhyza Aeranthes spathacea Aeranthes spathescens