Platycoryne isoetifolia P.J.Cribb

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Platycoryne

Characteristics

Lip 6 mm long, 3-lobed at base; mid-lobe 6 × 2 mm, ligulate or slightly spathulate, obtuse; side lobes 3 × 1 mm, ligulate, obtuse; spur 15 mm long, pendent, slender but swollen at apex.
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Slender terrestrial herb 20–30 cm tall; tubers c. 10 × 7 mm, ovoid, tomentose, up to 5 cm below ground on the end of a stalk.
Dorsal sepal erect, 1.5 × 2 mm, ovate, convex; lateral sepals 4 × 1.5 mm, lanceolate, falcate, adnate to dorsal sepal.
Basal leaves 12–18 mm long and 1–2 mm wide, narrowly lanceolate; cauline leaves c. 10 mm long.
Pedicel c. 10 mm long, ovary c. 10 mm long, making an angle of almost 90° with the pedicel.
Rostellum mid-lobe acute, concave, lying in front of anther loculi; side lobes incurved.
Leaves 6–10, with up to 9 in a basal tuft and 1–2 cauline leaves.
Inflorescence up to 10 cm long, laxly 1–7-flowered.
Anther 1 mm high; canals very short, incurved.
Flowers green or yellow-green, suberect.
Stigmatic arms 1 mm long, truncate.
Bracts c. 7 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Platycoryne isoetifolia world distribution map, present in Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:651998-1
WFO ID wfo-0000274898
COL ID 4JQ3W
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Synonyms

Platycoryne isoetifolia Platycoryne robynsiana