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Spathoglottis Blume

Ground orchid (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae

Characteristics

Deciduous or evergreen, clumping, terrestrial orchids with short, crowded pseudobulbs held just below the soil surface, and coarse, spreading roots. Leaves several per shoot, petiolate, plicate with prominent ribs, tips pointed. Inflorescence racemose, arising among sheaths at base of recently matured pseudobulb. Peduncle much longer than rachis, slender. Bracts small, stem-encircling. Flowers resupinate, moderately large, colourful. Sepals and petals similar in size and shape, broad; sepals hairy on outer surface. Labellum attached to anterior base of column (or apex of vestigial column foot), projected forwards like a landing platform. Labellum lamina 3-lobed; lateral lobes restricted to basal part of labellum; midlobe projected forwards, narrow at base, widest near apex. 2 large calli at base of midlobe. Column narrow, incurved, basal foot vestigial.
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Herbs, terrestrial. Pseudobulbs ovoid or globose, with a few leaves. Leaf blade plicate, narrow, base contracted into a long petiole-like stalk, not articulate, apex acuminate. Inflorescence terminal, erect, racemose, arising from base of pseudobulb; peduncle with several sheaths; rachis sparsely few flowered; floral bracts shorter than pedicel and ovary. Flowers opening widely, medium-sized. Sepals similar. Petals similar to sepals but usually wider; lip not spurred, adnate to base of column, 3-lobed; lateral lobes suberect; mid-lobe clawed at base; disk and claw of mid-lobe often with keels or other appendages. Column arcuate, slender, upper part enlarged, winged, without column foot; rostellum not lobed; pollinia 8, in 2 groups, narrowly obovoid, subequal in size, waxy, commonly adherent to a solitary triangular viscidium.
Life form perennial
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Environment

These orchids grow in moist to wet areas in grassland and grassy forests.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

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Distribution

Spathoglottis world distribution map, present in Andorra, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Cook Islands, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Fiji, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Moldova (Republic of), Myanmar, Nepal, Nauru, Panama, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Thailand, Tonga, Taiwan, Province of China, United States of America, Viet Nam, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, and Samoa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:325895-2
WFO ID wfo-4000035900
COL ID 8W3P7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 446264
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Synonyms

Spathoglottis

Lower taxons

Spathoglottis affinis Spathoglottis albida Spathoglottis altigena Spathoglottis doctersii Spathoglottis eburnea Spathoglottis elobulata Spathoglottis erectiflora Spathoglottis gracilis Spathoglottis hardingiana Spathoglottis ixioides Spathoglottis kimballiana Spathoglottis microchilina Spathoglottis micronesiaca Spathoglottis pacifica Spathoglottis papuana Spathoglottis x parsonsii Spathoglottis parviflora Spathoglottis paulinae Spathoglottis petri Spathoglottis tomentosa Spathoglottis tricallosa Spathoglottis umbraticola Spathoglottis unguiculata Spathoglottis velutina Spathoglottis aurea Spathoglottis bulbosa Spathoglottis carolinensis Spathoglottis chrysantha Spathoglottis confusa Spathoglottis pubescens Spathoglottis pulchra Spathoglottis smithii Spathoglottis chrysodorus Spathoglottis latifolia Spathoglottis sulawesiensis Spathoglottis palawanensis Spathoglottis philippinensis Spathoglottis kenejiae Spathoglottis vanoverberghii Spathoglottis vanvuurenii Spathoglottis portus-finschii Spathoglottis elmeri Spathoglottis plicata
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