Genus Dimorphorchis
Genus Dimorphorchis
Synonyms:
- Genus Arachnis p.p.
- Genus Arachnanthe Blume, Fl. Javae (1828) vi
Genus Dimorphorchis
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Monopodial epiphytic or terrestrial plants. Stem usually much elongated, sometimes climbing, with many leaves arranged in two rows. Leaves sheathing at the base, glabrous, deciduous, duplicate, leathery. Inflorescence lateral, a raceme or a panicle. Flowers medium-sized to rather large, usually showy. Sepals free. Petals free, fairly similar to the lateral sepals. Lip not spurred, but somewhat sac-shaped at the base, hinged to the column. Column-foot absent. Pollinia 4, about equal-sized, arranged in 2 bodies,
Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, east to the Solomon Islands. About 13 species; in New Guinea 2 species and 1 variety
Dimorphorchis beccarii
Dimorphorchis beccarii var. imthurnii
Dimorphorchis longicaulis
Epiphytes in lowland forest.
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Vandeae
- Subtribe Aeridinae
- Genus Dimorphorchis
- Tan, K.W. 1975. Taxonomy of Arachnis, Armodorum, Esmeralda and Dimorphorchis, Part I. Selbyana 1: 1-15.
- Tan, K.W. 1976. Taxonomy of Arachnis, Armodorum, Esmeralda and Dimorphorchis, Part II. Selbyana 1: 365-373.
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Genus Dimorphorchis
Dimorphorchis beccarii (Rchb.f.) Kochyan & Schuit., flower, photo P.J. Cribb, ex Papua (Indonesia), Baliem Valley