Gastrochilus ciliaris Maekawa

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Gastrochilus

Characteristics

Stems creeping, to 10 cm, with many leaves. Leaf blade abaxially with brown spots, ovate-elliptic to oblanceolate, 0.8-2.5 × 0.4-0.5 cm, fleshy, leathery, apex acute or apiculate. Inflorescence subumbellate, ca. 1.2 cm, 3-or 4-flowered; floral bracts small, ca. 1 mm; pedicel and ovary 3-4 mm. Flowers yellowish green, with brown spots abaxially. Sepals similar, elliptic, 2.7-3 × 1-1.3 mm, concave, apex obtuse or acute. Petals rhombic-elliptic, 2.4-2.7 × ca. 1.3 mm; lip with an epichile and a saccate hypochile; epichile triangular, ca. 3 mm wide, ciliate, adaxially very sparsely pubescent; hypochile nearly subglobose, ca. 2 mm tall. Column ca. 1 mm, stout. Fl. unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Distribution

Gastrochilus ciliaris world distribution map, present in China, Japan, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:635402-1
WFO ID wfo-0000971380
COL ID 3FD6N
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Synonyms

Saccolabium ciliare Gastrochilus ciliaris