Luisia filiformis Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Luisia

Characteristics

Stems often pendulous, 34-90 cm, 4-5 mm in diam., internodes 3-4 cm. Leaves secund, 14-26 cm × ca. 3 mm. Inflorescences erect, arising from lower part or near base of stem, 1-2 cm, few flowered; floral bracts broadly ovate-triangular, ca. 2 mm, fleshy. Flowers slightly fleshy, whitish, lip dark purple; pedicel and ovary ca. 8 mm. Dorsal sepal ovate, ca. 7 × 3 mm, concave, obtuse; lateral sepals similar to dorsal sepal, ca. 8 × 3 mm, dorsally carinate and becoming winged at apex. Petals linear, 8-11 × 1.5-1.7 mm, obtuse; lip ca. 7 mm, with a distinct boundary between epichile and hypochile; hypochile lateral lobes ca. 4 × 4 mm; epichile broadly ovate-triangular, ca. 4 × 5 mm, adaxially with several papillate longitudinal ridges, apex obtuse. Column ca. 4 mm. Fl. Apr-Jun.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Luisia filiformis world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:641804-1
WFO ID wfo-0000231001
COL ID 3WDS3
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Synonyms

Luisia filiformis Luisia gamblei Luisia grovesii