Tridactyle minuta P.J.Cribb

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Tridactyle

Characteristics

An epiphyte with pendent straggling little-branched arcuate stems, 2–2.5 mm. in diameter, leafy in apical part.. Roots 2 mm. in diameter, verrucose.. Leaves grass-like, suberect, linear, very unequally acutely bilobed at the apex, 7.3–11.5 cm. long, 1.5–3 mm. wide, twisted and articulated at base to a spotted sheath 15–22 mm. long.. Inflorescences 5–7 mm. long, 3–5-flowered; peduncle 1–2 mm. long; rhachis fractiflex; bracts ovate, 0.5 mm. long.. Flowers greenish yellow with an orange column; pedicel and ovary 2.5 mm. long.. Dorsal sepal elliptic-ovate, obtuse, 1.9–2 mm. long, 1.2–1.3 mm. wide; lateral sepals oblong-ovate or oblong, obtuse, 1.8–2 mm. long, 1–1.2 mm. wide.. Petals elliptic, acute, 1.6–1.7 mm. long, 0.7–0.8 mm. wide.. Lip 3-lobed in apical half, deflexed, 1.5 mm. long, 1.8 mm. wide; side lobes spreading, triangular, ± as large as the mid-lobe; mid-lobe triangular, acute.. Spur slightly incurved, clavate, 3 mm. long.. Column 0.5–0.8 mm. long.. Fig. 154.
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Distribution

Tridactyle minuta world distribution map, present in Tanzania, United Republic of

Conservation status

Tridactyle minuta threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:938698-1
WFO ID wfo-0000328104
COL ID 58NKX
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Synonyms

Tridactyle minuta