Cheirostylis nuda (Thouars) Ormerod

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Cheirostylis

Characteristics

Plants to 300 mm tall; leaves petiolate, petioles 12-25 mm long, sheathing at the base, blades narrowly ovate, acute, 5-7-veined, 25-65 x 10-30 mm. Inflorescences many-flowered, 20-30 x 15 mm, glandular-villous; bracts membranous, about half as long as the c. 7 mm long ovaries; scapes sparsely glandular-villous, with 2-4 membranous, acute, 10-15 mm long sheaths. Flowers ochre-yellow to white. Sepals subequal, narrowly obªlong, rounded, sparsely glandular-villous on the backs, 3-4 x 1-1.5 mm. Petals membranous, narªrowly oblong, rounded, fused to the median sepal, 3x1 mm. Lip deeply concave in the basal half with 2 3-4-lobed, erect, fleshy calli, the apex broadly and shallowly bilobed, 2.5-3.5 x 1.5-2 mm. Gynostemium stout, 1.5 mm tall, winged, with 2 slender erect horns and 2 lateral processes.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.33
Root system creeping-root rhizome
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 7-9
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Cheirostylis nuda world distribution map, present in Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, eSwatini, Tanzania, United Republic of, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20010877-1
WFO ID wfo-0000354064
COL ID 5Y3CY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 721693
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Synonyms

Monochilus gymnochiloides Orchiodes nuda Zeuxine gymnochiloides Monochilus boryi Zeuxine boryi Zeuxine sambiranoensis Cheirostylis nuda Cheirostylis micrantha Cheirostylis sarcopus Cheirostylis gymnochiloides Cheirostylis humblotii Goodyera nuda Gymnochilus nudum Gymnochilus recurvum Erporkis gymnerpis