Species Information - Crepidium moluccanum

Crepidium moluccanum (J.J.Sm.) XXX, COMBINATION NOT YET MADE

Type: J.J. Smith s.n. (Ambon) (syn BO; iso L, probably); (Ternate) (syn BO)

Synonyms:

• Microstylis moluccana J.J.Sm., Bull. Inst. Bot. Buitenzorg 7 (1900) 2
• Malaxis moluccana (J.J.Sm.) Ames & C.Schweinf. in Ames, Orchidaceae 6 (1920) 73
• Pseudoliparis moluccana (J.J.Sm.) Szlach. & Marg., Ann. Bot. Fennici 40 (2003) 63
• Microstylis moluccana J.J.Sm. var. sagittata J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 8, 1 (1909) 32, pl. 10, fig. 32
  - Type: Djibdja 140 (syn BO); Versteeg 1207 (syn BO; iso L)
• Microstylis zippelii J.J.Sm., Bull. Dép. Agric. Indes Néerl. 39 (1910) 17
• Malaxis zippelii (J.J.Sm.) P.F.Hunt, Kew Bull. 24 (1970) 86
• Crepidium zippelii (J.J.Sm.) Szlach., Fragm. Florist. Geobot. Suppl. 3 (1995) 133
• Pseudoliparis zippelii (J.J.Sm.) Marg., Ann. Bot. Fennici 40 (2003) 64 ('zippeli')

Plants (10—) 17—30 (—40) cm tall. Rhizome elongated; nodes covered by loose, tubular scales. Leafy stem with creeping basal part, the top part ascending, (2.6—) 7—15 by (0.2—) 0.4— 0.6 (—1) cm. Leaves (4—) 6—8 (—11); petiole canaliculate, (0.2—) 0.4—0.8 (—1) by (0.2—) 0.3—0.4 (—0.6) cm when spread; sheath slightly loose, tubular, (0.4—) 0.6—1 (—1.4) by (5—) 7—8 (—10) mm; blade oblique, often ovate to lanceolate, (1.5—) 3—5 (—7) by (0.8—) 1.3—2 (—2.5) cm; apex attenuate and apiculate; 3-nerved. Inflorescence long flowering, erect, (7.8—) 10—17 (—22) cm long; peduncle (3.9—) 5—8 (—10) cm long; raceme (3.8—) 4.5—8 (—15) cm long, densely 20—50 (—60)-flowered. Sterile bracts reflexed, linear-triangular, 0.155—0.75 by 0.18—0.2 cm; apex acute. Floral bracts deflexed, narrowly triangular to lanceolate, (0.15—) 0.25—0.3 (—0.35) by 0.099—0.1 cm; apex acute to shortly apiculate, acute; 1-nerved. Ovary and pedicel sinuate, 0.45—0.8 cm long. Flowers 0.4—0.55 cm in diam. Tepals often with papillose convexities at base. Median sepal ovate to ovate-oblong, (0.33—) 0.35—0.37 by 0.18—0.22 (—0.25) cm; margins revolute; apex obtuse. Lateral sepals oblique, ovate, (0.28—) 0.3—0.33 by 0.2—0.23 (—0.26) cm; apex obtuse to rarely subacute. Petals slightly oblique, elliptic, 0.28—0.3 by 0.19—0.22 (—0.24) cm; base cuneate; apex subacute to acute; 1-veined. Lip often cordate to rarely slightly sagittate, (0.2—) 0.25—0.3 by (0.11—) 0.15—0.1.9 cm; midlobe obtuse to apiculate at apex, not distinct from lateral lobes; lateral lobes short, falcate, 0.06—0.12 by(0.05—) 0.06—0.08 (—0.1) cm; apex obtuse to rounded; central part with 2 subparallel, longitudinal lamellae 0.08—0.12 by 0.01—0.03 (—0.04) cm, c. 0.01 cm thick separated by a shallow depression, lamellae at base fused into a callus; basal callus triangular, 0.02—0.03 by 0.03—0.04 cm. Column erect, (0.1—) 0.14—0.18 by 0.05—0.09 cm, whole surface very minutely papillose; staminodes 0.04—0.05 by 0.03—0.04 cm, slightly shorter than the anther, obtuse at apex, intense dark green; anther oblong, 0.05—0.06 by, 0.035—0.045 cm; rostellum slightly longer than the staminodes, triangular, with acute apex, laterally connected with the staminodes; stigma in relatively large pocket. Fruit oblong obovate, 0.6—0.7 by 0.3—0.35 cm.
(after Margonska 2003)

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