Mystacidium flanaganii Bolus

Species

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Characteristics

Plants with stems to 10 mm tall; leaves 3-5, blades lorate, obtuse, very obscurely unequally bilobed, 12-35 x 3-4.5 mm. Inflorescences 1-5, racemes, each 20-45 mm long and with 3-8 laxly arranged flowers; sheaths 2.2 mm long; bracts ovate, acute, 1-2 mm long; pedicels 5 mm long. Flowers pale green, 5-7 mm in diameter. Sepals unequal, obtuse to rounded; median oblong-obovate to lorate, 2-3.5 x 0.8-1.2 mm; laterals narrowly rhomboid to oblanceolate, 2.6-5 x 1-1.5 mm. Petals obliquely triangular, acute, 1.6-3 x 0.8-1.5 mm. Lip 3-lobed; midlobe acute, sharply deflexed, 1.5-2 x 0.8-1 mm; side lobes porrect, poorly developed; spur base 1.5 mm in diameter, tapering to an acute apex, (15-) 18-25 mm long. Gynostemium 0.5 mm tall.
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Plants epiphytic, up to 0.01 m high. Leaves 3-5, lorate, obtuse, obscurely unequally bilobed, 12-35 x 3.0-4.5 mm. Inflorescence of 1-5 pendent racemes, 20-45 mm long, 3-8-flowered; pedicels 5 mm long. Flowers pale green, 5-7 mm in diam. Sepals unequal, obtuse to rounded; median sepal oblong-ovate, 2.0-3.5 x 0.8-1.2 mm; lateral sepals narrowly rhomboid, 2.5-5.0 x 1.0-1.5 mm. Petals obliquely triangular, acute, 1.6-3.0 x 0.8-1.5 mm. Lip 3-lobed, midlobe sharply deflexed, 1.5-2.0 x 0.8-1.0 mm; side lobes, porrect, poorly developed; spur tapering to acute apex, 18-25 mm long. Flowering time Dec., Jan.
Almost stemless, dwarf epiphyte. Flowers up to 10 mm in diameter. Sepals pointed. Rostellum smooth. Spur slender, 20-30 mm long. Flowers pale green.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.01
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Images

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Distribution

Mystacidium flanaganii world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:645106-1
WFO ID wfo-0000249270
COL ID 45FK8
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Synonyms

Mystacidium flanaganii Angraecum flanaganii