Tridactyle scottellii Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Tridactyle

Characteristics

An epiphyte with straggling compressed pendent stems, 8–50 cm. long, 2–3 mm. in diameter.. Roots 2–3 mm. in diameter, smooth.. Leaves grass-like, linear, unequally subacutely bilobed at the apex, 7–19 cm. long, 3.5–6 mm. wide, twisted and articulated at the base to slightly ancipitous sheaths, 1.4–2 cm. long.. Inflorescences 3–4 mm. long, 1–3-flowered; peduncle very short; bracts ovate, 1–2 mm. long.. Flowers greenish yellow becoming orange-brown with age; pedicel and ovary 6 mm. long.. Dorsal sepal ovate-elliptic, acute, 4.3–6 mm. long, 1.7–2.6 mm. wide; lateral sepals oblong-ovate, acute, 4.8–5.9 mm. long, 1.9–2.6 mm. wide.. Petals lanceolate, acuminate, 4.4–5.5 mm. long, 0.9–1.4 mm. wide.. Lip strongly 3-lobed in apical half, auriculate at the base, 4–5.3 mm. long, 6.5–7 mm. wide; side lobes longer than the mid-lobe, filiform, occasionally bilobed at the apex, 3–3.8 mm. long; mid-lobe triangular, acute, 2.5 mm. long, 1 mm. wide.. Spur straight, 9–12 mm. long.. Column 1.7–1.9 mm. long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Tridactyle scottellii world distribution map, present in Burkina Faso, Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:660769-1
WFO ID wfo-0000328117
COL ID 58NL9
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Synonyms

Tridactyle scottellii Angraecum scottellii

Lower taxons

Tridactyle scottellii var. scottellii