Polystachya dendrobiiflora Rchb.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Polystachya

Characteristics

Flowers showy, opening wide, shell-pink to mauve-pink, sometimes almost white, sometimes with red or lilac spots on the lip.(Schelpe & Leach 6974 from Mozambique is described as being lemon-yellow with purple spots on the lip).Dorsal sepal 5.7–12 × 1.7–4 mm, oblong, subacute or obtuse; lateral sepals 7–11.5 × 3.5–6.5 mm, obliquely oblong-lanceolate, subacute or obtuse, forming a curved, conical mentum 3–5 mm high.
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Flowers borne on old pseudobulbs when plants are leafless; inflorescence (floral axis) to 80 cm long, although usually much less, covered with scarious sheaths, with 1 to several short branches well spaced out on the rhachis, each several-flowered, the flowers opening over a long period.
Lip entire, shortly clawed, slightly recurved, 7–11 × 3–6.8 mm, ovate-oblong, rounded or emarginate at the apex, with a yellow, slightly pubescent, longitudinal callus in the basal third.
Leaves distichous, grass-like, 8–20 × 0.3–1.4 cm, linear, conduplicate, deciduous.
Erect epiphytic, lithophytic or terrestrial herb, with pseudobulbs clustered.
Pseudobulbs 1.5–5 × 0.6–1 cm, conical, 2–4-noded, 5–10-leaved.
Petals 5.8–11.6 × 1.5–4.5 mm, oblong to obovate, rounded.
Capsule cylindrical, 4–4.5 cm long and 3–4 mm wide.
Pedicel and ovary slender, 8–13 mm long.
Column 2.5–4 mm long, slightly winged.
Bracts 1 mm long, ovate acute.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

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Distribution

Polystachya dendrobiiflora world distribution map, present in Angola, Burkina Faso, Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:654292-1
WFO ID wfo-0000280340
COL ID 4LM8K
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Synonyms

Polystachya busseana Polystachya flexuosa Polystachya macropetala Polystachya miranda Polystachya tayloriana Polystachya dendrobiiflora Polystachya holochila Polystachya kaessneriana Dendrobianthe dendrobiiflora Cyrtopera flexuosa Dendrorkis dendrobiflora Eulophia tayloriana Eulophia vandervekeniana Eulophia flexuosa Dendrorchis dendrobiflora