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Crepidium oliganthum

Crepidium oliganthum

Crepidium oliganthum (Schltr.) Szlach., Fragm. Florist. Geobot. Suppl. 3 (1995) 130

Type: Schlechter 17976 (holo B, lost; iso BO, L)

Synonyms:

  • Microstylis oligantha Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1911) 122
  • Malaxis oligantha (Schltr.) P.F.Hunt, Kew Bull. 24 (1970) 82

Terrestrial, erect, very small, 3.5-13 cm high. Rhizome very short; roots filiform, elongated, flexuose, puberulous. Stem terete, glabrous, short, 3-5-leaved. Leaves erect-patent, obliquely lanceolate or occasionally ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, at the base cuneate, gradually narrowed into a short petiole, glabrous, including the petiole 2.5-5.5 cm long, below the middle 0.5-1.3 cm wide. Inflorescence erect, usually straight, slender, thinly terete, glabrous, surpassing the leaves; rachis laxly 3-8-flowered, secund, up to 5.5 cm long. Floral bracts pendent or deflexed, lanceolate, acute, shorter than the ovary and pedicel. Flowers erect-patent, glabrous. Sepals ovate, obtuse. Median sepal 0.3 cm long. Lateral sepals oblique, a little shorter. Petals narrowly linear-ligulate, subobtuse, about as long as the median sepal. Lip in outline semiorbicular, almost 0.25 cm long, at the base 0.3 cm wide, at the base sagittate-auriculate, at the apex subapiculate, in the centre with a pit that is dilated towards the base; auricles falcate-lanceolate, acute, 0.1 cm long, slightly incurved. Column rather thick, short. Anther reniform, obtuse. Ovary and pedicel glabrous, cylindrical, slightly 6-ribbed, 0.4 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1911-1914)


Flowers pale green.

Terrestrial in lower montane forest; 1000 m.

Malesia (New Guinea, endemic).

Papua New Guinea. See map

distribution in New Guinea

Intermediate growing terrestrial, requires shaded position.

July.

  • Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 48, fig. 165, as Microstylis oligantha Schltr.
  • Family Orchidaceae
  • Subfamily Epidendroideae
  • Tribe Malaxideae
  • Genus Crepidium
  • Section Bothrocardia
  • Species Crepidium oliganthum

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Crepidium oliganthum

Crepidium oliganthum (Schltr.) Szlach. (as Microstylis oligantha Schltr.), drawing R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 48, fig. 165

Crepidium oliganthum

Crepidium oliganthum (Schltr.) Szlach. (as Microstylis oligantha Schltr.), herbarium sheet, Schlechter 17976 (isotype specimen BO)

Crepidium oliganthum

Crepidium oliganthum (Schltr.) Szlach. (as Microstylis oligantha Schltr)., herbarium sheet, Schlechter 17976 (isotype specimen L)