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Chiloschista Lindl.

Genus

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae

Characteristics

Small epiphytic orchids, mostly leafless (a few small, bract-like leaves are present on one non-native species). Roots flat, green, radiating from short central stem, photosynthetic and replacing the function of leaves. Racemes long, thin, arising from floral meristem on centre of stem, with numerous buds. Flowers resupinate, small, opening sporadically in groups (spasms), each flower lasting one or two days. Sepals and petals of similar shape and size. Dorsal sepal free. Bases of lateral sepals attached to column foot. Petals free or bases attached to column foot. Labellum attached to apex of column foot. Labellum lamina 3-lobed, saccate, with thick-walled spur and hairy callus. Labellum short with well-developed basal foot. Pollinia 4, in 2 appressed pairs, hard, waxy, orange, sessile, attached via broad stipe to broad viscidium.
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Herbs, epiphytic or lithophytic, monopodial, usually stemless and leafless. Roots green, photosynthetic, flat, scabrid. Inflorescence often pendulous, racemose, hairy or glabrous. Flowers ephemeral. Sepals and petals subequal; lateral sepals and petals often adnate to column foot. Lip ± clawed, hinged to apex of column foot, pouched or spurred, 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect, large; mid-lobe small; disk with a fingerlike callus, hirsute-pubescent. Column subterete, short, foot long; clinandrium shallow; stigma deep-set; rostellum deflexed, bifid; anther cap with 2 long filiform setae; pollinia 4, in 2 closely appressed, unequal, sessile pairs; stipe sublinear.
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Found on trees in warm, humid situations in the coastal lowlands.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Images

Chiloschista unspecified picture

Distribution

Chiloschista world distribution map, present in Andorra, Australia, China, Fiji, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Moldova (Republic of), Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:29027-1
WFO ID wfo-4000007884
COL ID 8VW6W
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Synonyms

Chiloschista

Lower taxons

Chiloschista rodriguezii Chiloschista extinctoriformis Chiloschista exuperei Chiloschista fasciata Chiloschista glandulosa Chiloschista guangdongensis Chiloschista lunifera Chiloschista parishii Chiloschista ramifera Chiloschista sweelimii Chiloschista taeniophyllum Chiloschista treubii Chiloschista trudelii Chiloschista viridiflava Chiloschista yunnanensis Chiloschista godefroyana Chiloschista segawae Chiloschista loheri Chiloschista phyllorhiza Chiloschista usneoides
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