Tridactyle eggelingii Summerh.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Tridactyle

Characteristics

A pendulous tufted epiphyte with stems up to 60 cm. long, 3 mm. in diameter.. Roots 2 mm. in diameter, smooth.. Leaves spreading, linear, unequally bilobed at the apex, 2.7–6.5 cm. long, 2.5–5 mm. wide, twisted and articulated at the base to lepidote sheaths, 1–1.3 cm. long.. Inflorescences very short, 8 mm. long, 2–3-flowered; bracts obtuse, scarcely 1 mm. long, ochreate.. Flowers whitish; pedicel and ovary 3–4 mm. long, lepidote.. Dorsal sepal ovate, obtuse, 4.2–4.5 mm. long, 2.2–2.5 mm. wide; lateral sepals oblong-ovate, obtuse, 4.3–4.6 mm. long, 2.5–2.7 mm. wide.. Petals oblong, acute, 3.8–4.3 mm. long, 1.2–1.7 mm. wide.. Lip 3-lobed in the apical half, basally auriculate, 4–4.3 mm. long, 4.3–6 mm. wide; side lobes spreading, longer than the mid-lobe, linear-tapering, 2–3-toothed or-fimbriate at the apex, ± 3 mm. long, papillose at the apex; mid-lobe triangular, 1.7–1.9 mm. long, 0.7–1.2 mm. wide.. Spur ± straight, filiform, 6–7 mm. long.. Column 1.5–1.6 mm. long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Tridactyle eggelingii world distribution map, present in Burkina Faso, Rwanda, and Uganda

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:660737-1
WFO ID wfo-0000328077
COL ID 7D4BH
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Synonyms

Tridactyle eggelingii