Microcoelia koehleri (Schltr.) Summerh.

Species

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Characteristics

An epiphytic plant.. Stem up to 40 mm. long, 2–3 mm. in diameter.. Roots many, often forming dense conical-shaped tufts, terete to slightly flattened, smooth, up to 20 cm. long, 1–2 mm. in diameter.. Scale-leaves acute to acuminate, with ± 5 nerves, up to 4 mm. long.. Inflorescences erect, spreading, up to 70 mm. long, up to 7 simultaneously, each with up to 15 flowers; peduncle 10 mm. long; rhachis subflexuose, terete, apically angular; bracts sheathing, acute, 1–1.6 mm. long.. Flowers up to 16 mm. long, whitish, spur apex orange-brown; pedicel up to 2 mm. long; ovary curved and twisted, 1.2–2.3 mm. long.. Dorsal sepal narrowly oblong, acuminate, subapiculate, with a slightly bulging central area, 5.5–7.3 mm. long, 1.5–2.2 mm. wide; lateral sepals slightly asymmetric, narrowly oblong, acuminate, apiculate, 6.4–8.4 mm. long, 1.2–1.9 mm. wide.. Petals slightly asymmetric, ovate to narrowly ovate, apiculate, apically erose, 5.2–6.2 mm. long, 1.6–2 mm. wide.. Lip large, ± entire, broadly ovate, acute to acuminate or obtuse to subapiculate, with upfolded erose margins, 5.8–7 mm. long, 4.1–5.1 mm. wide.. Spur variously incurved, cylindrical, tapering to a conical inflation at apex, up to 1.7 mm. long.. Column 1.7–2.5 mm. long.. Fig. 122.
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Flowers to 16 mm long, including the pedicel and ovary, white, the sepals sometimes with a salmon-coloured streak down the centre; the spur salmon-coloured or brownish at the tip.
Roots numerous, up to 20 cm long, 1–2 mm in diameter, terete or slightly flattened, greenish-grey, fairly closely attached to the substrate and often forming low conical mounds.
Lip large, 5.8–7 × 4–5 mm, broadly ovate, apiculate, the margins undulate and erose; spur 6–7 mm long, usually incurved but sometimes almost straight, the apex usually inflated.
Inflorescences several, erect or spreading, up to 7 cm long, densely up to c. 20-flowered. Peduncle 10 mm long; bracts 1–1.6 mm long, sheathing, acute.
Dorsal sepal 5.5–7.3 × 1.5–2.2 mm oblong, acuminate; lateral sepals 6.4–8.4 × 1.2–1.9 mm, obliquely oblong, acuminate.
Pedicel to 2 mm long; ovary 1.2–2.3 mm long, curved and twisted, salmon-pink.
Petals 5–6.2 × 1.5–2 mm, lanceolate or ovate, apiculate, erose at apex.
Sepals with brownish or salmon-coloured central line
Scale leaves to 4 mm long, acute or acuminate.
Apex of spur orange or salmon-coloured.
Epiphytic herb, rarely lithophytic.
Column 1.7–2.5 mm long.
Stem to 4 cm long.
Flowers white
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Microcoelia koehleri world distribution map, present in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:644153-1
WFO ID wfo-0000243038
COL ID 42TQ2
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Synonyms

Microcoelia friesii Microcoelia koehleri Gussonea koehleri Angraecum koehleri Gussonea friesii Microcoelia pachystemma