Nephrangis filiformis (Kraenzl.) Summerh.

An epiphytic herb.. Stems slender, usually branched, covered in persistent leaf-sheaths, leafy distally, pendulous, rooting at base only, 3–35(–50) cm. long.. Leaves aciculiform, terete, somewhat flattened, usually arcuate, acute, glabrous or minutely pubescent at base, 1.5–9 cm. long, 0.1–0.2 cm. broad, sheaths obscurely rugulose, glabrous or minutely pubescent.. Inflorescences abbreviated, 0.5–1(–1.5) cm. long, 1–3(–4)-flowered; bracts ovate, acute, amplexicaul, scarious, 0.5–1 mm. long.. Flowers translucent, pale brown or brownish green, the lip creamy-white; pedicel and ovary slender, 3–4 mm. long.. Sepals ovate to almost orbicular, obtuse, 1.5–2.7 mm. long, 1.5–2 mm. broad; laterals connate at base and slightly oblique.. Petals narrowly elliptic to linear, acute, 1.7–2.3 mm. long, 0.4–0.6 mm. broad.. Lip unguiculate and concave at base, abruptly dilated into 2 reniform, rounded lobes, total length 4–5 mm., bilobed apical lamina 3.5–5 mm. broad.. Spur narrowly conical, obtuse, 4–9 mm. long.. Column 0.6–1.2 mm. long.. Fig. 161.AddendaThe following additions relate to Part 1 (Summerhayes, 1968).