Polystachya spatella Kraenzl.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Polystachya

Characteristics

An erect or pendulous epiphytic plant to ± 25 cm. long.. Stems slender, narrowly cylindrical, 1.5–11 cm. long, 1.5 mm. wide, superposed, emitted from along length of old growth, covered by a number of scarious sheaths when young, 2-leaved towards apex.. Leaves suberect, narrowly oblong-elliptic to linear, acute or rounded and unequally bilobed at apex, 3–7 cm. long, 2.5–6 mm. wide.. Inflorescence unbranched, shorter than the leaves, 1–5 cm. long, 2–8-flowered; bracts ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, 1.5–3 mm. long.. Flowers cream to yellow-green, sometimes tinged pink.. Dorsal sepal concave, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 4.5 mm. long, 2 mm. wide; lateral sepals very obliquely ovate, 5 mm. long, 5.5 mm. wide, shortly acuminate, forming with the column-foot a long cylindrical mentum 5 mm. long, slightly wider towards the apex.. Petals oblanceolate, acute, 4.5 mm. long, 1 mm. wide.. Lip long-clawed, 3-lobed in apical half, 7.5–9 mm. long, 5.5 mm. wide; side lobes rounded-elliptic, overlapping mid-lobe margins; mid-lobe rotund-quadrate, ± apiculate, ± pubescent; callus between the side lobes somewhat obscurely fleshy.. Column slightly dilated above, terete, 2.5 mm. long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Polystachya spatella world distribution map, present in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Uganda

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:654538-1
WFO ID wfo-0000280635
COL ID 4LMD7
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Synonyms

Polystachya spatella Polystachya elliotii