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Robiquetia Gaudich.

Genus

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae

Characteristics

Large epiphytic orchids with short to long, fibrous stems and thick, smooth roots. Leaves large, leathery. Racemes long, decurved to pendulous, multiflowered. Flowers resupinate, moderately small, often facing towards apex of raceme. Sepals and petals free, of similar shape and size. Labellum fixed by its base to base of column. Labellum lamina 3-lobed; lateral lobes small, partially fused to column; midlobe small; spur large, deep, dominating labellum. Column short, with basal foot. Pollinia 2, hard, waxy, orange, attached via narrow or spathulate stipe to small or large viscidium.
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Herbs, epiphytic, monopodial, medium-sized. Stem pendulous, long, sometimes branching, leafy. Leaves oblong to elliptic, unequally bilobed. Inflorescence axillary, pendulous, racemose or paniculate, densely many flowered. Flowers small. Sepals and petals similar, spreading; mid-lobe spreading; lip immovable, rather fleshy, 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect, small, sometimes fleshy; spur apical, inflated, with callosities on scales within. Column short, stout, lacking a foot; rostellum large or small; stipe spatulate, often hooklike, long; viscidium small; pollinia 2, grooved.
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Mainly found in rainforest or humid areas of open forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

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Distribution

Robiquetia world distribution map, present in Andorra, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Fiji, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Moldova (Republic of), Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tonga, Viet Nam, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, and Samoa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30546-1
WFO ID wfo-4000033349
COL ID 8W36K
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Synonyms

Malleola Megalotus Abdominea India Samarorchis Robiquetia

Lower taxons

Robiquetia amboinensis Robiquetia anceps Robiquetia angustifolia Robiquetia ascendens Robiquetia bertholdii Robiquetia bicruris Robiquetia brevifolia Robiquetia camptocentrum Robiquetia cerina Robiquetia compressa Robiquetia crassa Robiquetia crockerensis Robiquetia dentifera Robiquetia discolor Robiquetia flexa Robiquetia gracilis Robiquetia gracilistipes Robiquetia kusaiensis Robiquetia longipedunculata Robiquetia lutea Robiquetia minahassae Robiquetia pachyphylla Robiquetia palawensis Robiquetia pantherina Robiquetia pinosukensis Robiquetia rosea Robiquetia spathulata Robiquetia succisa Robiquetia transversisaccata Robiquetia trukensis Robiquetia vanoverberghii Robiquetia hamata Robiquetia hansenii Robiquetia josephiana Robiquetia viridirosea Robiquetia wassellii Robiquetia woodfordii Robiquetia vaupelii Robiquetia millariae Robiquetia virescens Robiquetia tomaniensis Robiquetia brassii Robiquetia tongaensis Robiquetia adelineana p.o'byrne Robiquetia enigma Robiquetia aberrans Robiquetia andamanica Robiquetia arunachalensis Robiquetia batakensis Robiquetia bifidus Robiquetia brevisaccata Robiquetia cladophylax Robiquetia amesiana Robiquetia culicifera Robiquetia eburnea Robiquetia forbesii Robiquetia glomerata Robiquetia honhoffii Robiquetia inflata (metusala & p.o'byrne) Robiquetia insectifera Robiquetia juliae (p.o'byrne) Robiquetia kawakamii Robiquetia ligulata Robiquetia lyonii Robiquetia minimiflora Robiquetia palustris Robiquetia penangiana Robiquetia sanguinicors (p.o'byrne Robiquetia serpentina Robiquetia sphingoides Robiquetia steffensii Robiquetia sulitiana Robiquetia sylvestris Robiquetia vietnamensis Robiquetia witteana Robiquetia gautierensis Robiquetia reflexa Robiquetia wariana Robiquetia schizogenia Robiquetia callosa Robiquetia tibetica (w.c.huang & x.h.jin) p.o'byrne Robiquetia bambusara Robiquetia flammea Robiquetia punctata
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