Mystacidium pusillum Harv.

Species

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Characteristics

Plants with stems less than 10 mm long; leaves 1-3, lorate-oblanceolate, rounded, very obscurely unequally bilobed, 15-40 x 4-6 mm. Inflorescences of several racemes, each 15-35 mm long and with 4-7 flowers; sheaths 2 mm long; bracts tubular, acute, 1 mm long; pedicels 5 mm long. Flowers pale green, to 5 mm in diameter. Sepals unequal, acute; median 2.6-5 x 1 mm; laterals spreading, oblanceolate-rhomboid, 3-5 x 0.7-2 mm. Petals ovate, acute, 2-3 x 1-2 mm. Lip midlobe triangular, 1 mm long, acute; side lobes lost; spur base 1 mm in diameter, tapering to an acute apex, 12-18 mm long.
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Plants epiphytic, up to 0.01 m high. Leaves 1-3, lorate-oblanceolate, rounded, obscurely unequally bilobed, 15-40 x 4-6 mm. Inflorescence of 1-5 pendent racemes, 15-35 mm long, 4-7-flowered’ pedicels 5 mm long. Flowers pale green, 5 mm in diam. Sepals unequal, acute; median sepal oblong-ovate, 2.6-5.0 x 1 mm; lateral sepals spreading, oblanceolate-rhomboid, 3-5 x 0.7-2.0 mm. Petals ovate, acute, 2-3 x 1-2 mm. Lip 3-lobed, midlobe triangular, 1 mm long, acute; side lobes lost; spur tapering to acute apex, 12-18 mm long. Flowering time June-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
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Images

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Distribution

Mystacidium pusillum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:645158-1
WFO ID wfo-0000249327
COL ID 45FKG
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Synonyms

Mystacidium pusillum Aeranthes pusilla