Cardiochilos williamsonii P.J.Cribb

Species

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Characteristics

An epiphyte up to 12 cm. tall with a short stem up to 8 cm. long.. Roots clustered in lower part of the stem, 1.5–2 mm. in diameter.. Leaves spreading-falcate, linear, unequally roundly or obtusely bilobed at apex, 4–8 cm. long, 3–6 mm. wide; leaf-bases truncate, up to 8 mm. long.. Inflorescences 3–4 cm. long, 1(–2)-flowered; peduncle 1–2.5 cm. long; bracts ovate to obovate, acute to obtuse, 2–3.5 mm. long.. Flowers green to ochreous orange; pedicel and ovary 7–13 mm. long, scabrid.. Dorsal sepal elliptic, obtuse, 4 mm. long, 2.2 mm. wide; lateral sepals obliquely falcate-elliptic, obtuse, 4.5 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide, fused at the base.. Petals oblong-lanceolate, acute, 4 mm. long, 2 mm. wide.. Lip obscurely 3-lobed, cordate, shortly apiculate, 4 mm. long and wide.. Spur straight or undulate, narrowly cylindrical from a broad mouth, 13–16 mm. long.. Column 1–1.5 mm. long.
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Lip fleshy, obscurely 3-lobed, 4 × 4 mm, cordate, apiculate, erose on the margins; spur 13–16 mm long, slender but slightly swollen at the apex, ± parallel to the pedicel and ovary.
Inflorescences arising at stem base and in axils of lower leaves, 1–2-flowered. Peduncle 2–3 cm long, pubescent; ovary and pedicel c. 8 mm long, scabrid.
Dorsal sepal 4 × 2.2 mm, ovate or elliptic, subacute; lateral sepals 4.5 × 2.5 mm, obliquely falcate, fused at the base to enclose the base of the spur.
Leaves in 2–6 pairs, distichous, 4–8 × 0.3–0.6 cm, linear, conduplicate, unequally and obtusely 2-lobed at the apex.
Stem erect, up to c. 8 cm long; roots 1.5–2 mm in diameter, arising at base of plant.
Flowers non-resupinate, c. 8 mm in diameter, greenish to orange-straw-coloured.
Column 1–2 mm long; rostellum bifid, geniculate, curved back under column.
Petals 4 × 2 mm, oblong-lanceolate, acute.
Epiphytic herbs.
Life form perennial
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Distribution

Cardiochilos williamsonii world distribution map, present in Tanzania, United Republic of

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:621753-1
WFO ID wfo-0000802556
COL ID R59P
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Synonyms

Cardiochilos williamsonii