Rangaeris amaniensis (Kraenzl.) Summerh.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Rangaeris

Characteristics

An erect to pendent epiphyte or lithophyte, often forming dense clumps.. Stems up to 45 cm. long, unbranched or little branching, covered by persistent leaf-bases; roots little branched, 3–4 mm. in diameter.. Leaves coriaceous, conduplicate, narrowly oblong, unequally roundly bilobed at the apex, 3.5–11.5 cm. long, 1–2.3 cm. wide, articulated to distichous, imbricate leaf-bases.. Inflorescences spreading, 6–9 cm. long, 5–13-flowered; peduncle 1–1.5 cm. long; bracts 5–6.5 mm. long, drying black.. Flowers very variable in size, white fading to yellow, greenish on the outer surface and spur, diurnally scented; pedicel and ovary 2.5–5.5 cm. long, scabrid.. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 1–2.5 cm. long, 2.7–5.6 mm. wide.. Petals lanceolate, acuminate, 0.9–2.1 cm. long, 2.2–5 mm. wide.. Lip obscurely 3-lobed in the middle, 10–24 mm. long, 5–11 mm. wide; side lobes rounded; mid-lobe lanceolate.. Spur pendent, filiform, 7.5–16 cm. long.. Column 4.5–5 mm. long; stipes bifid, each lobe linear; viscidium oblong.. Pl. 7.
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Leaves numerous, distichous; lamina 3.5–12 × 1–2.3 cm, ligulate or narrowly oblong, conduplicate, unequally and roundly 2-lobed at apex, articulated to imbricate leaf bases, coriaceous.
Lip 10–24 × 5–11 mm, rather obscurely 3-lobed about midway; side lobes rounded, mid-lobe 5–10.5 × 2.3–3.8 mm, lanceolate, acute; spur 7.5–16 cm long, pendent, slender.
Flowers white, fading to yellowish, the outside of sepals and the spur greenish; diurnally scented; very variable in size.
Robust epiphytic or lithophytic herb, erect or pendent, often forming large clumps.
Stems up to 45 cm long, occasionally branched, covered with old leaf bases.
Inflorescences 6–9 cm long, spreading, 5–13-flowered.
Column 4.5–5 mm long; stipes bifid, each lobe linear.
Sepals and petals lanceolate, acuminate, spreading.
Pedicel and ovary scabrid, 2–3 cm long.
Roots stout, 3–4 mm in diameter.
Sepals 10–25 × 2.7–5.6 mm.
Petals 9–21 × 2.2–5 mm.
Bracts 5–6.5 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:655456-1
WFO ID wfo-0000294879
COL ID 4RF63
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Synonyms

Rangaeris amaniensis Leptocentrum amaniense Cyrtorchis cufodontii Angraecum cufodontii Listrostachys amaniensis