Crepidium mackinnonii (Duthie) Szlach.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Crepidium

Characteristics

Leaves 2, appressed to substrate, subopposite, ovate or ovate-elliptic, 4-5 × 3-4 cm, base subcordate and amplexicaul. Inflorescence erect, slender; rachis several flowered; floral bracts very small. Flowers 4-5 mm in diam.; pedicel and ovary 2-3 mm. Sepals oblong to ovate, ca. 3 × 1.5 mm. Petals nearly as long as sepals, linear, ca. 0.6 mm wide; lip superior, ovate in outline, 2-3 × 1.5-2 mm, shallowly 2-lobed, base with a pair of auricles decurrent backward embracing column; auricles ovate, 1.5-2 mm. Column short, stout.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Crepidium mackinnonii world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:988180-1
WFO ID wfo-0000926938
COL ID ZDCC
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Synonyms

Malaxis mackinnonii Seidenforchis mackinnonii Crepidium mackinnonii Microstylis cardoni Microstylis mackinnonii