Genus Robiquetia
Robiquetia section Malleola (J.J.Sm. & Schltr.) XXX
Synonyms:
- Malleola J.J.Sm. & Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 979
Monopodial epiphytes. Stem elongated. Leaves few to many, arranged in two rows, sheathing at the base, spreading in one plane, glabrous, deciduous, duplicate, leathery. Inflorescence lateral, a few- to many-flowered raceme or rarely a panicle, usually pendulous. Flowers small to very small, resupinate, often yellow with red-brown markings. Sepals free. Petals free, more or less intermediate in shape between the dorsal sepal and the lateral sepals. Lip adnate to the column, apex recurved, spurred; spur inside without callosities, usually abruptly narrowed near the apex. Column-foot absent. Pollinia 2, solid, entire or shortly cleft, caudicles absent, stipe present, viscidium present.
Species present in New Guinea:
Malleola cladophylax
Malleola gautierensis
Malleola palustris
Malleola wariana
South-east Asia, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea. About 20 species; in New Guinea c. 4 species.
Epiphytes in lowland and lower montane forest.
- Christenson, E. A. 2001. Sarcanthine genera 26: Malleola, an Asian genus that is just now entering cultivation. Orchids (AOS) 70: 1052-1054.
- Kruizinga, J. 2003. Materials towards a revision of Malleola. Unpublished manuscript (L).
- Schlechter, R. 1988. Die Orchideen. Ed.3, Vol. IB, Lieferung 19 - 20. Pp. 1144-1147. Blackwell Wissenschafts Verlag, Berlin.
- Seidenfaden, G. 1988. Orchid Genera in Thailand XIV: fifty-nine vandoid Genera. Opera Botanica 95: 1-398.
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Vandeae
- Subtribe Aeridinae
- Genus Robiquetia
- Section Malleola
Small plants with usually horizontally spreading stems and pendulous inflorescences. The small flowers are similar to those of Robiquetia; they differ in that the apex of the lip is recurved and the pollinia are not deeply cleft. Not often cultivated.
Species included in this database:
Malleola cladophylax
Malleola gautierensis
Malleola palustris
Malleola wariana
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Genus Robiquetia
Robiquetia section Malleola (J.J.Sm. & Schltr.) XXXMalleola gautierensis J.J.Sm.), habit, photo A. Schuiteman, Leiden cult. 981075
Genus Robiquetia
Malleola gautierensis J.J.Sm., flowers, photo A. Schuiteman, Leiden cult. 981075
Genus Robiquetia
Malleola wariana Schltr., habit, photo P. O'Byrne, based on O'Byrne M250 from PNG
Genus Robiquetia
Malleola palustris (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm. & Schltr., floral analysis, drawing J.J. Smith, based on Versteeg 1347
Genus Robiquetia
Malleola wariana Schltr., drawing P. O'Byrne in Lowland Orchids of New Guinea (1994) 511