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Saccolabiopsis J.J.Sm.

Genus

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae

Characteristics

Herbs, epiphytic, monopodial, small. Stems short. Leaves few, oblong-lanceolate, obtusely bilobed. Inflorescence lateral, slender, laxly many flowered, racemose, rarely subpaniculate, producing flowers at intervals; peduncle slender, sometimes thickened and angled near apex; floral bracts minute. Flowers minute, thinly textured. Sepals and petals ringent. Lip firmly adnate to base of column, saccate or spurred, with a wide, broad opening, lacking interior ornamentation. Column small, cylindric, foot absent; stigma large; anther cap cucullate; pollinia 2, each completely divided into very unequal halves on a long, slender stipe.
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Small epiphytic orchids with short, sparsely branched stems and thin, smooth roots. Leaves thin-textured. Racemes deflexed to pendulous, narrow, multiflowered. Flowers resupinate, small, greenish, facing towards apex of inflorescence. Petals slightly shorter than sepals. Labellum fixed to base of column. Labellum lamina obscurely 3-lobed, fleshy, prominent ridge separating midlobe and spur; lateral lobes small; spur large, deep. Column short, without basal foot. Pollinia 4 in 2 unequal pairs, hard, waxy, orange, attached via long, narrow stipe to small viscidium.
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Mainly occurring in humid forest, sometimes in drier types of rainforest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Saccolabiopsis world distribution map, present in Australia, Bangladesh, China, Fiji, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30576-1
WFO ID wfo-4000033742
COL ID 8W38Q
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Saccolabiopsis

Lower taxons

Saccolabiopsis alata Saccolabiopsis armitii Saccolabiopsis bakhuizenii Saccolabiopsis gillespiei Saccolabiopsis microphyton Saccolabiopsis papuana Saccolabiopsis pumila Saccolabiopsis pusilla Saccolabiopsis rara Saccolabiopsis rectifolia Saccolabiopsis selebica Saccolabiopsis tenella Saccolabiopsis viridiflora Saccolabiopsis taiwaniana Saccolabiopsis arnitii Saccolabiopsis pallida
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