Diaphananthe lorifolia Summerh.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Diaphananthe

Characteristics

An epiphyte with long hanging stems 8–27 cm. long, ± 5 mm. diameter, leafy in upper part.. Leaves distichous, falcate, linear, unequally obtusely bilobed at apex, 14–26 cm. long, 1–1.8 cm. wide, twisted at base to lie in one plane, articulated at base to a rough sheath 1.5–2 cm. long.. Inflorescences pendent, 1–several, 7–15 cm. long, laxly many-flowered; peduncle 1–2.5 cm. long; bracts usually amplexicaul, broadly ovate, 1–1.5 mm. long.. Flowers pale yellowish, white or pinkish; pedicel and ovary 3–4 mm. long.. Dorsal sepal lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, acute, 5.2–8 mm. long, 2–3 mm. wide; lateral sepals oblong-ovate, acute, 6.5–9 mm. long, 2.3–3.2 mm. wide.. Petals lanceolate to oblong, acute, 5.4–6.6 mm. long, 1.8–2.6 mm. wide, slightly erose.. Lip entire to obscurely 3-lobed, circular to broadly ovate, shortly apiculate, 5.3–6.3 mm. long, 6–8.3 mm. wide, erose, with a small tooth in the mouth of the spur.. Spur slightly incurved, narrowly fusiform, 5–9.5 mm. long.. Column 2.5–3 mm. long; stipites 2; viscidium 1; rostellum shortly ligulate, recurved.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Diaphananthe lorifolia world distribution map, present in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Uganda

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:629527-1
WFO ID wfo-0000942154
COL ID 35BJP
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Synonyms

Diaphananthe lorifolia