Tridactyle furcistipes Summerh.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Tridactyle

Characteristics

An epiphyte with 7–18 cm. long stems, 6–8 mm. in diameter.. Roots smooth, 2 mm. in diameter.. Leaves falcate-spreading, linear, unequally roundly bilobed at the apex, 11–18 cm. long, 0.7–1.3 cm. wide, conduplicate or twisted at the base to lie in one plane.. Inflorescences 4.5–11 cm. long; peduncle and rhachis stout; bracts amplexicaul, broadly ovate, obconical, 2–4.5 mm. long.. Flowers greenish white or cream fading to orange; pedicel and ovary 3 mm. long, lepidote.. Dorsal sepal lanceolate, acuminate, 9.5–11.5 mm. long, 2.5–3.7 mm. wide; lateral sepals falcate, lanceolate, acuminate, 10.5–12 mm. long, 2–3.5 mm. wide.. Petals lanceolate, acuminate, 8.5–10 mm. long, 2–3 mm. wide.. Lip 3-lobed in the apical half, auriculate at the base, 9–12.5 mm. long, 3.5–6.5 mm. wide; side lobes spreading, shorter than the mid-lobe, 1.4–2 mm. long, toothed at the apex; mid-lobe ligulate, acuminate, 4.5–6 mm. long, 0.8–1.2 mm. wide.. Spur filiform, straight, 14–27 mm. long.. Column 2–3 mm. long; stipes Y-shaped.
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:660745-1
WFO ID wfo-0000328087
COL ID 58NKK
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Synonyms

Tridactyle furcistipes