Oeceoclades lonchophylla (Rchb.F.) Garay & P.Taylor

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Oeceoclades

Characteristics

Plants epiphytic or terrestrial; pseudobulbs conical, 25 x 10 mm; roots to 5 mm in diameter, ver-rucate; leaves solitary on each pseudobulb, petioles 75-150 mm long, blades lanceolate, subacuminate, margins undulate, 60-130 x 20-40 mm. Inflorescences paniculate, c. 200 mm tall, laxly c. 20-flowered; peduncle with 2-3 papery acuminate sheaths, 20-40 mm long; bracts papery, lanceolate, to half as long as the 10 mm long pedicels. Flowers: Sepals subequal, lorate-lanceolate, rounded; median sepal 6.5-8 x 2 mm; laterals suboblique, 5.5-7 x 2.5 mm. Petals oblong, obtuse, 5 x 3 mm. Lip with the midlobe 3.5 mm long and 5 mm wide, deeply lobulate, lobes rounded; side lobes porrect, rounded, 1 mm tall; spur 2 mm long, cylindrical. Gynostemium 3-4 mm tall.
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Leaf stiff, petiolate; petiole 6–19 cm long, grooved above the middle, articulated below the middle to a base 3–6 cm long; lamina 6.5–12 × 1.5–3.5 cm, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, acute, undulate or finely crenate on the margins, green.
Lip 7–8 mm long, 8–11 mm wide at the base, 3-lobed at about the middle; side lobes erect; mid-lobe 8–11 mm wide when flattened, emarginate or 2-lobed; disk with 2–3 keels; spur 4–5 mm long, conical, obtuse.
Pseudobulbs 4–5 cm long, narrowly conical to ovoid, covered with lanceolate sheaths which disintegrate into soft, fibrous remains, 1-leafed.
Inflorescences 1–2, erect, 30–47 cm long, simple or with 1–2 short branches, 20–30-flowered.
Petals 6–7 × 2–3 mm, oblong, obtuse, usually slightly shorter and wider than the sepals.
Flowers rather small, green or yellowish-cream spotted with green, tinged with purple.
Sepals spreading, 6–9 × 1.7–2.2 mm, oblong, acute.
Pedicel and ovary slender, 1–2 cm long.
Column 3–4 mm long, 2 mm wide.
Scape with 3–4 bracts.
Bracts 1–2 mm long.
Terrestrial herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

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Distribution

Oeceoclades lonchophylla world distribution map, present in Comoros, Mozambique, Tanzania, United Republic of, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:646761-1
WFO ID wfo-0000254501
COL ID 6SHWC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 807435
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Synonyms

Oeceoclades lonchophylla Eulophia dissimilis Eulophia lonchophylla Eulophidium lonchophyllum Eulophia tainoides Eulophidium dissimile Eulophidium tainioides Lissochilus lonchophyllus