Microcoelia microglossa Summerh.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Microcoelia

Characteristics

An epiphytic plant.. Stem up to 32 mm. long, 2–3 mm. in diameter.. Roots twisting and with a few branches, terete, smooth, up to 44 cm. long, 1–2 mm. in diameter.. Scale-leaves acuminate, with 5–7 nerves, up to 3.6 mm. long.. Inflorescences erect, spreading, up to 50 mm. long, up to 4 simultaneously, each with up to 10 flowers; peduncle up to 10 mm. long; rhachis terete, smooth; bracts sheathing, acute to subacute, up to 2 mm. long.. Pedicel distinct, up to 5.5 mm. long; ovary 1.9–2.6 mm. long.. Flowers up to 11 mm. long, whitish with a brown median band on the sepals; pedicel distinct, up to 5.5 mm. long; ovary 1.9–2.6 mm. long.. Dorsal sepal hooded, ovate, acute to subacute, 2.6–3 mm. long, 1.4–2.5 mm. wide; lateral sepals asymmetric, slightly convex, ovate, acute to subapiculate, connate below ovary, 3.6–3.7 mm, long, 2.3–3 mm. wide.. Petals ovate, acute, 2.3–2.5 mm. long, 1.5–1.6 mm. wide.. Lip short, obscurely 3-lobed, 2.3–2.5 mm. long, 1.6–2.1 mm. wide; mid-lobe ovate-triangular in oudine, porrect to decurved; side lobes indistinct.. Spur pendent, long, slighdy curved, cylindrical, 18.6–19.9 mm. long, tapering into a distinctly inflated, conical-shaped apex.. Column 1–1.4 mm. long.
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Flowers with a brown line down centre of sepals.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

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Distribution

Microcoelia microglossa world distribution map, present in Gabon, Nigeria, and Uganda

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:644159-1
WFO ID wfo-0000243047
COL ID 42TQ8
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Synonyms

Microcoelia microglossa