Pelatantheria bicuspidata (rolfe ex Downie) Tang & F.T.Wang

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Pelatantheria

Characteristics

Stems elongate, branched. Leaves elliptic-oblong, often V-shaped-conduplicate, falcate in side view, 3-4 × ca. 1.4 cm, obtuse and unequally bilobed. Inflorescence ca. 5 mm, usually 2-or 3-flowered; peduncle ca. 5 mm, with 2 or 3 short sheaths; floral bracts ovate-triangular, 3-4 mm, acute. Flowers opening widely, whitish, with purplish red veins on sepals and petals, lip waxy yellow on disk, spur yellowish green, column white; pedicel and ovary yellowish green, 8-12 mm. Sepals similar, broadly elliptic, slightly concave, ca. 5 × 3 mm, acute. Petals oblong, ca. 4 × 2 mm, acute; lip spurred at base, 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect, ovate-triangular, small; mid-lobe subcordate, large, ca. 5 × 4 mm, shortly caudate and shallowly 2-or 3-lobed; spur ca. 5 × 3.5 mm, stout, with a longitudinal groove on front surface, interior with a longitudinal broad ridge almost dividing spur into 2 halves, and with an appendage on back wall. Column ca. 2 mm, with a cluster of short white glandular hairs on either side below middle. Fl. Jun-Oct.
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Distribution

Pelatantheria bicuspidata world distribution map, present in China and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:649966-1
WFO ID wfo-0000266533
COL ID 6TZ6M
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Synonyms

Sarcanthus bicuspidatus Pelatantheria bicuspidata