Chrysoglossum ornatum Blume

Species

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Characteristics

Pseudobulbs borne 1-2 cm apart on rhizome, cylindric-conic, 5-7 cm × 8-20 mm, 1-leaved. Leaf blade narrowly elliptic, strongly plicate, 20-34 × 4.5-7.5 cm, papery, 5-veined, base cuneate, apex shortly acuminate; petiole ca. 10 cm. Peduncle to 50 cm, glabrous, with 4 or 5 sheaths; rachis laxly ca. 10-flowered; floral bracts lanceolate, 1-1.3 cm, acuminate. Flowers green with reddish brown spots, lip white or yellowish spotted with purple, column white; pedicel and ovary to 2 cm. Dorsal sepal oblong, 12-14 × ca. 3 mm, 5-veined, subobtuse; lateral sepals falcate-oblong, 10-16 × ca. 3.5 mm, 5-veined, apex subobtuse; mentum conic, ca. 2 mm. Petals falcate, 12-14 × 4-5 mm; lip 8-10 mm, base with 2 small auricles, 3-lobed near middle; lateral lobes erect, ovate-triangular, rounded; mid-lobe broadly elliptic or orbicular, concave; disk with 3 lamellae, lateral 2 incurved at middle, median shorter. Column 6-8 mm, winged, near middle with 2 auricles, base dilated, foot ca. 3 mm; pollinia pyriform. Fl. Apr-Jun. 2n = 36.
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Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Chrysoglossum ornatum world distribution map, present in China, Fiji, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, Viet Nam, Vanuatu, and Samoa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:623082-1
WFO ID wfo-0000853621
COL ID 5YP6S
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INPN ID 674299
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Synonyms

Chrysoglossum cyrtopetalum Chrysoglossum erraticum Chrysoglossum hallbergii Chrysoglossum maculatum Chrysoglossum neocaledonicum Chrysoglossum ornatum Chrysoglossum formosanum Ania maculata Chrysoglossum gibbsiae Tainia maculata