Ceratandra harveyana Lindl.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Ceratandra

Characteristics

Plants erect, to 210 mm; basal leaves few, narrowly linear to linear, acute, to 30 x 1 mm, cauline leaves lax, linear to narrowly lanceolate, to 40 x 4 mm. Inflorescences lax to fairly dense, to 90 mm long, 2-numerous-flowered; bracts ovate-acute, 9-17 x 6-8 mm. Flowers c. 20 x 15 mm, sepals pale green, petals pale yellow, lip yellow; ovary c. 13 mm long. Median sepal elliptic, subobtuse, c. 9-11 x 3-4 mm; lateral sepals narrowly ovate, subobtuse, c. 9-12 x 5-7 mm. Petals subobdeltate, c. 9-12 x 7-9 mm, apically erose. Lip anchor-shaped, c. 5 x 5 mm; appendage a pair of fleshy wings 5 x 5 mm. Stigma lobes oblong, pulvinate, at the base of the rostellar arms; rostellum arms c. 5 mm long, curving around the base of the lip appendage.
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Like C. bicolor but flowers 2-many in a lax to dense raceme, sepals pale green, petals and lip yellow, lateral sepals 9-12 mm long, lip anchor-shaped, appendage a pair of fleshy wings.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.21
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Soil texture 5-6
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Images

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Distribution

Ceratandra harveyana world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:622431-1
WFO ID wfo-0000830968
COL ID SL4L
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Ceratandra harveyana Ceratandra affinis Evota affinis Evota harveyana