Pelexia adnata (Sw.) Cogn.

Hachuela (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Pelexia

Characteristics

Plants cespitose, to 70 cm. Roots 3–8 mm diam. Leaves 2–7, erect; petiole 12–16.5 cm; blade elliptic to lanceolate, 7.5–14 × 3–5.5 cm, margins entire, apex acuminate. Inflorescences scapose racemes, pubescent; floral bracts linear-lanceolate, as long as flower or longer, apex acuminate. Flowers: dorsal sepal green, broadly ovate to elliptic, 5–6 × 3–4 mm, apex obtuse, pubescent; sepals gently recurved, narrowly elliptic, 5–6 × 1.5 mm, apex obtuse, pubescent; lateral sepals adnate to column foot forming spurlike mentum, mentum adnate to ovary, only partially free near tip, 6–7 mm; petals green, linear to linear-oblanceolate, 5 mm, apex obtuse, glabrous; lip white with yellowish throat, constricted at or distal to middle; apical half abruptly geniculate, fleshy, 5–6 mm, tip recurved, glabrous; column to 6 mm, column foot produced basally, decurrent along ovary, to 7 mm; viscidium ovate; pedicellate ovary erect-spreading, 10–11 mm, pubescent. Capules ellipsoid, 12–17 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.7
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

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Distribution

Pelexia adnata world distribution map, present in Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:186685-2
WFO ID wfo-0000266542
COL ID 6TZ2M
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630350
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Synonyms

Pelexia adnata Pelexia spiranthoides Spiranthes adnata Spiranthes stenorrhynchoides Pelexia stenorrhynchoides Neottia adnaria Satyrium adnatum Neottia adnata Collea adnata Adnula petiolaris Pelexia adnata Spiranthes adnata