WorldFloraDB - Polystachya moreauae

Characteristics

Inflorescence (floral axis) slightly longer than the leaf, up to 15 cm long, unbranched or 1–2-branched, laxly several-flowered; peduncle and rhachis pubescent, subtended by a basal sheath.

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Lip 12 × 10–15 mm, 3-lobed in the middle with a central knob-like callus; mid-lobe ovate to suborbicular, apiculate; side lobes erect, semi-elliptic, rounded.

Pseudobulbs up to 8.5 × 0.5 cm, narrowly cylindrical, 2-noded, covered with 3 loose tubular sheaths when young, 1-leafed.

Leaf erect, 10–14.7 × 2–3 cm, oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic-oblong, obtuse, articulated to a basal sheath 9 mm long.

Dorsal sepal 11 × 4 mm, oblong-ovate, acute; lateral sepals 12 × 9 mm, obliquely oblong-ovate, acuminate or apiculate.

Petals 9 × 4–5 mm, spathulate, obtuse or apiculate, the edges slightly undulate.

Epiphytic or lithophytic herb up to c. 24 cm tall; pseudobulbs clustered.

Flowers pale chrome-yellow, deeper yellow inside.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	epiphyte
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Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter)	0.24
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:654442-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000280520
COL ID	4LMB7
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Synonyms

Polystachya moreauae

WorldFloraDB 2024

Polystachya moreauae P.J.Cribb & Podz.

Species