Gastrochilus matsudae Hayata

Species

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Characteristics

Stems creeping, elongate, slender. Leaves distichous; blade narrowly lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, ca. 3 × 0.4-0.6 cm, fleshy, base cuneate, apex acute. Inflorescence subumbellate, 3-or 4-flowered; peduncle ca. 2 cm; pedicel and ovary 4-5 mm. Flowers yellowish green, with a few brown spots. Sepals similar, obovate-oblong or subelliptic, concave, 4.5-6 × 3-3.7 mm, base contracted, apex obtuse. Petals similar to sepals, slightly smaller; lip with an epichile and a saccate hypochile; epichile reflexed, suborbicular or flabellate, ca. 5 × 6-7 mm, adaxially densely white pubescent, with a yellow central cushion, apex rounded and retuse; hypochile parallel to epichile, distinctly bent forward, subconic, ± laterally compressed, 3-4.8 mm tall, 2-3.8 mm in diam. Column ca. 1 mm. Fl. Jan-Feb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Images

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:635445-1
WFO ID wfo-0000971434
COL ID 3FD82
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Synonyms

Saccolabium matsudae Gastrochilus matsudae