Microcoelia macrorrhynchium (Schltr.) Summerh.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Microcoelia

Characteristics

An epiphytic plant with a small stem, up to 15 mm. long, 1.5–3 mm. in diameter.. Roots few, undulating, flattened to substrate to terete, smooth, up to 70 mm. long, 1–3 mm. in diameter.. Scale-leaves acute to acuminate, with 5–7 nerves, up to 4 mm. long.. Inflorescences erect to pendulous, up to 10 cm. long, up to 5 simultaneously, each with up to 18 flowers; peduncle up to 10 mm. long; rhachis straight or indistinctly flexuose, terete; bracts sheathing, acute, 0.7–1.9 mm. long.. Flowers up to 11.5 mm. long; dorsal sepal brown; lateral sepals and petals white; lip white with yellow-green spot at base.. Spur green-brown; pedicel straight to distinctly twisted, up to 2.3 mm. long; ovary 1–1.9 mm. long.. Dorsal sepal hood-shaped, ovate, acute, 3–4.9 mm. long, 1–2 mm. wide; lateral sepals asymmetric, ovate, acute, apex recurved, 3.2–5.7 mm. long, 1.5–2.4 mm. wide.. Petals asymmetric, ovate, obtuse to subacute, erose, 3–4.5 mm. long, 1.6–3.4 mm. wide, lip indistinctly 3-lobed, 4.5–6 mm. long, 3.6–5.8 mm. wide; mid-lobe spathulate, semicircular in oudine, distinctly dentate, with minutely erose margins, apically folded and distinctly decurved, giving an emarginate appearance; side lobes erect, oblong, wedge-shaped, almost closing the spur-mouth.. Spur long, pendulous, incurved at late anthesis, tapering apically into a distinct conical inflation, 5–6.5 mm. long.. Column 1.0–2.0 mm. long.. Pl. 7.
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Lip rather obscurely 3-lobed, 4.5–6 × 3.6–5.8 mm, the mid-lobe spathulate, ± semi-circular in outline, dentate with minutely erose margins, decurved and folded at the apex and therefore apparently emarginate; side lobes erect, oblong; spur 5–6.5 mm long, pendent, ± straight, tapering to a conical inflation at the apex.
Dorsal sepal 3–5 × 1–2 mm, ovate, acute, hood-like; lateral sepals 3.2–5.7 × 1.5–2.4 mm, asymmetric, ovate, the apices recurved.
Flowers to 11.5 mm long, including pedicel and ovary, white, the lip with a yellow-green spot at the base, the spur brownish.
Inflorescences c. 5, erect or pendent, up to 10 cm long, rarely longer, up to c. 20-flowered.
Roots few, up to 7 cm long, 1–3 mm in diameter, terete or slightly flattened, smooth.
Column 1–2 mm long; rostellum lobes very long, 2.8–5 mm, porrect at anthesis.
Petals 3–4.5 × 1.6–3.4 mm, asymmetrical, ovate, obtuse or subacute, erose.
Pedicel short, c. 3 mm long; ovary slightly curved, 2–3 mm long.
Scale leaves up to 4 mm long, acute or acuminate, 5–7-nerved.
Bracts sheathing, 0.7–1.9 mm long.
Stem up to 15 mm long.
Epiphytic herb.
Life form perennial
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:644156-1
WFO ID wfo-0000243043
COL ID 7VWDP
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Synonyms

Gussonea macrorrhynchia Angraecum macrorrhynchium Angraecum marcrorrhynchium Encheiridion macrorrhynchium Microcoelia macrorrhynchium