Tridactyle tridactylites Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Tridactyle

Characteristics

An epiphyte with a straggling pendent habit.. Stems 40–160 cm. or more long, 4–5 mm. in diameter; roots smooth, 3 mm. in diameter.. Leaves linear, unequally subacutely bilobed at the apex, 6–21 cm. long, 0.6–1.2 cm. wide, twisted at the base and articulated to leaf-sheaths up to 2.5 cm. long.. Inflorescences 3–6 cm. long, up to 11-flowered; bracts reflexed, ovate, 1–2 mm. long.. Flowers yellow-green; pedicel and ovary 3 mm. long.. Dorsal sepal elliptic-ovate, acute, 3.5–5.3 mm. long, 1.5–2.6 mm. wide; lateral sepals obliquely ovate, acute, 3.7–5.6 mm. long, 1.7–2.7 mm. wide.. Petals lanceolate, acuminate, 3.6–4.5 mm. long, 0.7–1.3 mm. wide.. Lip auriculate at the base, 3-lobed in the apical part, 4–5 mm. long, 5–6.5 mm. wide; side lobes spreading, filiform, longer than the mid-lobe, 2.3–3 mm. long; mid-lobe triangular, 1.9–2.8 mm. long, 1.1–1.2 mm. wide.. Spur incurved, filiform, 6–8.5 mm. long.. Column 1.4–1.9 mm. long; stipes oblanceolate.
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Lip auriculate at the base, 4–5.3 mm long, 3-lobed at about halfway; mid-lobe 2–3 × 1–1.5 mm, triangular; side lobes spreading, 3–3.8 mm long, filiform, sometimes with a few threads; spur 9–10 mm long, straight, slender.
Leaves borne towards stem apex, 13–18 × 1–1.8 cm, linear, unequally 2-lobed at apex, rather light glossy green.
Stems rather straggling, 40–150 cm long, 4–5 mm in diameter, woody, covered with old leaf bases.
Inflorescences arising mainly on lower part of the stem, 3–8 cm long, 6–15-flowered.
Flowers yellow, orange or brownish orange, sometimes tinged with green, fragrant.
Roots arising along the lower part of the stem, 4–5 mm in diameter, smooth.
Sepals (3.5)5–6 × 1.5–2.6 mm, ovate, acute, the lateral sepals oblique.
Flower greenish-cream or pale straw-orange in colour.
Petals (3.5)5–6 × 0.7–1.4 mm, lanceolate, acuminate.
Epiphytic herbs, often lithophytic.
Peduncle very short, c. 3 mm long.
Pedicel and ovary c. 3 mm long.
Column c. 1.5 mm long.
Bracts 1–2 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Tridactyle tridactylites world distribution map, present in Angola, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:660776-1
WFO ID wfo-0000328128
COL ID 58NLG
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Synonyms

Listrostachys kindtiana Mystacidium ledermannianum Tridactyle tridactylites Tridactyle kindtiana Tridactyle ledermanniana Angraecum kindtianum Aeranthes diesteliana Angraecum tridactylites Aeranthes deisteliana