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Crepidium xanthochilum
Crepidium xanthochilum (Schltr.) Szlach., Fragm. Florist. Geobot. Suppl. 3 (1995) 133
Type:
Synonyms:
- Microstylis xanthochila Schltr. in K.Schum. & Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee (1905) 102
- Type: Schlechter 13678 (holo B, lost) - Malaxis xanthochila (Schltr.) Ames & C.Schweinf. in Ames, Orchidaceae 6 (1920) 73
- Microstylis sordida J.J.Sm., Bull. Dép. Agric. Indes Néerl. 19 (1908) 30
- Type: Versteeg 1399 (holo BO; iso L) - Malaxis sordida (J.J.Sm.) Ames, Orchidaceae 5 (1915) 70
- Crepidium sordidum (J.J.Sm.) Szlach., Fragm. Florist. Geobot. Suppl. 3 (1995) 132
Terrestrial, erect, glabrous, 25-40 cm high. Roots filiform, elongated, villose. Stem very short, almost lacking. Leaves erect-patent, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, plicate, narrowed at the base into a petiole, 5-12 cm long, below the middle 1.5-4.5 cm wide. Inflorescence straight or nearly so, angular; rachis elongated, cylindrical [including the flowers], rather laxly many-flowered. Floral bracts linear-lanceolate, acuminate, deflexed, 0.4-0.5 cm long. Flowers erect-patent, not resupinate. Median sepal deflexed, apex incurved, oblong, obtuse, 0.25 cm long. Lateral sepals obliquely ovate-oblong, obtuse, as long as the median sepal but broader. Petals patent, linear-oblong, obtuse, as long as the median sepal. Lip erect, at the base 2-auriculate, auricles triangular, 0.15 cm long, obtuse; blade subreniform, 0.2 cm long [excluding the auricles], 0.3 cm wide, in the middle with an obtuse pit, apex notched, margins in apical third tridentate, the teeth triangular-falcate, acute. Column short; stelidia erect, a little longer than the truncate rostellum. Anther rounded. Ovary clavate, 0.3 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1905)
Flowers dull brownish, lip more yellowish.
Terrestrial in lowland forest; 10 to 300 m.
Malesia (New Guinea), Australia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu.
Papua (Indonesia); Papua New Guinea. See map
Warm growing terrestrial, requires shaded position.
January, March, April, May, July, October, November.
- Smith, J.J., Nova Guinea 8, 1 (1909) 34, t. 11, fig. 35, as Microstylis sordida J.J.Sm.
- Smith, J.J., Nova Guinea 8, 3 (1911) 532, t. 79B, as Microstylis xanthochila Schltr.
- Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1911) 133, as Microstylis xanthochila Schltr. ('anthochila')
- Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 52, fig. 180, as Microstylis xanthochila Schltr.
- Dockrill, A. W., Austral. Indig. Orchids 1 (1969) 288, fig.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Malaxideae
- Genus Crepidium
- Section Crepidium
- Species Crepidium xanthochilum
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Crepidium xanthochilum
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Crepidium xanthochilum
Crepidium xanthochilum (Schltr.) Szlach. (as Microstylis xanthochila Schltr.), drawing R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 52, fig. 180
Crepidium xanthochilum
Crepidium xanthochilum (Schltr.) Szlach. (as Microstylis xanthochila Schltr.), floral analysis, drawing J.J. Smith, based on Djibdja 388
Crepidium xanthochilum
Crepidium xanthochilum (Schltr.) Szlach. (as Microstylis xanthochila Schltr.), floral analysis, drawing J.J. Smith, based on Versteeg 1399
Crepidium xanthochilum
Crepidium xanthochilum (Schltr.) Szlach. (as Microstylis xanthochila Schltr.), floral analysis, drawing J.J. Smith, based on Djibdja 388
Crepidium xanthochilum
Crepidium xanthochilum (Schltr.) Szlach. (as Microstylis xanthochila Schltr.), lip, drawing J.J. Smith, based on Versteeg 1399
Crepidium xanthochilum
Crepidium xanthochilum (Schltr.) Szlach. (as Microstylis sordida J.J.Sm.), herbarium sheet, Versteeg 1399 (isotype specimen L)