Diaphananthe bidens Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Diaphananthe

Characteristics

An epiphyte with an elongate, slender, pendent stem up to 50 cm. long, 2–6.5 mm. diameter.. Leaves up to 22, distichous, twisted at base to lie in one plane, ovate-elliptic, acute, to an unequally bilobed apex, 6.5–17 cm. long, 1.1–3.1 cm. wide, articulated at base to a longitudinally ridged sheathing base 10–25 mm. long.. Inflorescences all along upper part of stem, 4–22 cm. long, up,to twice length of leaf, up to 25-flowered; peduncle short, ± 5 mm. long, covered in sheathing bracts; bracts amplexicaul, conical, 1–1.5 mm. long.. Flowers whitish; pedicel and ovary 2–5 mm. long.. Dorsal sepal oblong-lanceolate or triangular, acute, 2.5–7 mm. long, 1.2–2.4 mm. wide; lateral sepals broadly triangular, 2.5–6.5 mm. long, 1–2.8 mm. wide.. Petals lanceolate to ovate, 2.5–6 mm. long, 0.6–2 mm. wide.. Lip pandurate, retuse to apiculate, 3–7 mm. long, 2.6–6 mm. wide, with a tooth in the mouth of the spur.. Spur inflated, 3–7.3 mm. long.. Column 1.5–2 mm. long; stipites 2; viscidium 1.. Fruit ellipsoidal, 6–16 mm. long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.4
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses environmental use material medicinal
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Distribution

Diaphananthe bidens world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda

Conservation status

Diaphananthe bidens threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:629505-1
WFO ID wfo-0000942124
COL ID 35BJ5
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Synonyms

Limodorum bidens Listrostachys acuta Listrostachys ashantensis Listrostachys bakeri Listrostachys bidens Listrostachys longissima Listrostachys monodon Listrostachys papagayi Mystacidium duemmerianum Listrostachys mystacidioides Mystacidium productum Diaphananthe acuta Diaphananthe ashantensis Diaphananthe monodon Diaphananthe mystacidioides Diaphananthe papagayi Diaphananthe producta Diaphananthe subfalcifolia Angraecum acutum Angraecum ashantense Angraecum bidens Angraecum subfalcifolium Diaphananthe bidens Angorchis ashantensis Angorchis monodon Angorchis papagayi Angraecum bakeri Angraecum monodon