Mystacidium pulchellum Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Mystacidium

Characteristics

A dwarf epiphyte with a very short stem 10 mm. long.. Roots many, clustered, fine, less than 1 mm. in diameter.. Leaves 3–5, rather fleshy, obovate, unequally roundly bilobed at the apex, 1.3–5 cm. long, 0.4–1 cm. wide, articulated at the base to short leaf-bases.. Inflorescences pendent, 1–several, 4–7-flowered; peduncle very fine, wiry, terete; rhachis zigzag, very fine; bracts ± 6 mm. apart, amplexicaul, ovate, subacute, 1 mm. long.. Flowers white with a green anther and glaucous ovary; pedicel and ovary slender, straight, 12–18 mm. long.. Dorsal sepal elliptic, obtuse, 6–7 mm. long, 2.5–3.7 mm. wide; lateral sepals spreading, elliptic, obtuse, 6–7.5 mm. long, 3–3.5 mm. wide.. Petals subporrect, obliquely ovate, subacute, 5.5–7 mm. long, 3.5–5.1 mm. wide.. Lip deeply concave, transversely cordate, obtuse, 4.5–5.5 mm. long, 6–8 mm. wide.. Spur tapering from a broad mouth, slightly dilated at the apex, 12–15 mm. long.. Column 0.7–1 mm. long; rostellum trifid, papillose, pendent, mid-lobe shorter than the outer lobes; stipites 2, linear; viscidia 2, elliptic, adherent.
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Distribution

Mystacidium pulchellum world distribution map, present in Tanzania, United Republic of

Conservation status

Mystacidium pulchellum threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:645157-1
WFO ID wfo-0000249326
COL ID 45FKF
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Synonyms

Listrostachys pulchella Mystacidium pulchellum