Gastrochilus intermedius Kuntze

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Gastrochilus

Characteristics

Stems slightly flattened, ca. 15 cm, 3-4 mm in diam., slender, branched, internodes 5-8 mm. Leaves distichous; blade narrowly lanceolate, 5-6 × 0.7-1 cm, apex acuminate and 2-or 3-lobed, lobes setiform. Inflorescence subumbellate, short, often 2-or 3-flowered; peduncle ca. 1 cm; floral bracts ovate, ca. 1.5 mm, apex acute; pedicel and ovary ca. 1 cm. Flowers pale yellow, small. Sepals similar, elliptic, ca. 5.5 × 2.5 mm, 3-veined, apex obtuse. Petals oblanceolate, ca. 5 × 2 mm, apex rounded; lip with an epichile and a saccate hypochile; epichile suborbicular-triangular, ca. 2 × 5 mm, adaxially glabrous, with a central cushion extending to front wall of hypochile, margin erose or irregularly toothed, apex rounded; hypochile subglobose or helmetlike, ca. 4 mm tall, ca. 4 mm in diam., apex rounded and with 2 or 3 ridges on distal surface outside, with erect lateral margins. Anther cap slightly narrowed toward apex. Fl. Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

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Distribution

Gastrochilus intermedius world distribution map, present in China, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:635438-1
WFO ID wfo-0000971425
COL ID 3FD7D
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Synonyms

Saccolabium intermedium Saccolabium calceolare Gastrochilus intermedius