Zeuxine philippinensis (Ames) Ames

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Zeuxine

Characteristics

Plants slender, ca. 10 cm tall. Rhizome elongate. Stem ascending, pale red-brown, 2-4-leaved. Leaves adaxially green, midrib white with dark green reticulation, triangular-lanceolate, 3.2-6 × 1.4-2.3 cm, 5-veined, apex acuminate; petiole ca. 1.5 cm. Inflorescence ca. 17 cm, hairy, with 5 sterile bracts; rachis ca. 8 cm, 13-flowered; floral bracts hairy. Flowers half opening, resupinate; ovary sparsely hairy. Sepals hairy abaxially; dorsal sepal concave, light brown, ovate, ca. 5 mm; lateral sepals dark green, ovate-lanceolate, ca. 4 mm. Petals white, falcate, ca. 4.5 mm; lip white, ca. 4 mm, obscurely 3-partite; hypochile ventricose-saccate, ca. 1.7 mm wide, inside containing 2 digitate calli; mesochile short; epichile dilated, reflexed, transverse-oblong or subreniform, ca. 1.7 mm wide, nearly entire at apex. Column ca. 2.2 mm. Fl. Feb-Mar.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Zeuxine philippinensis world distribution map, present in China, Philippines, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:661604-1
WFO ID wfo-0000335357
COL ID 5D49Z
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Adenostylis philippinensis Hetaeria leytensis Zeuxine philippinensis