Agrostophyllum grandiflorum

Agrostophyllum grandiflorum

Agrostophyllum grandiflorum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 274

Type: Schlechter 18558 (holo B, lost)

Epiphytic, erect or patent, up to 25 cm long. Rhizome very short. Roots filiform, elongated, flexuose, shortly villose. Stems compressed, laxly 6-8-leaved, entirely covered by the leaf-sheaths. Leaves erect-patent, narrowly lanceolate or lanceolate-ligulate, acute, at the base narrowed to a c. 1 cm long petiole, 7.5-16 cm long, near the middle 1.2-1.6 cm wide; leaf-sheaths close-fitting, at the apex on either side with a small, triangular, acute tooth. Capitulum up to 20-flowered, 2-3 cm across, enveloped by several sheaths, somewhat nodding. Peduncles short, covered with imbricating scales, 1-flowered. Bract very small, apiculate, hyaline. Flowers erect. Sepals ovate, apiculate, glabrous, 0.7 cm long. Lateral sepals oblique, somewhat decurrent. Petals obliquely oblong-ligulate, narrowly obtuse, somewhat dilated at the base. Lip in basal part quadrate-saccate, very weakly 3-lobed; lateral lobes hardly developed; mid-lobe suborbicular, cuneate, apex retuse, margin minutely undulate, 6.5 mm long, near the middle 0.8 cm wide, in front of the opening of the sac with a lamella of which the apex is incurved and shortly 4-dentate, sac 0.4 cm long. Column short, less than half as long as the lip, below the stigma adorned with a disc-shaped, suborbicular, fleshy callus. Anther ovate-cucullate, acute. Ovary cylindrical, glabrous, sessile, about 0.8 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1911-1914).

Note: Related to Agrostophyllum compressum Schltr.


Flower pure white with a golden yellow spot on the lip.

Epiphyte in lower montane forest. Altitude 1300 m.

Malesia (New Guinea, endemic).

Papua New Guinea. See map

distribution in New Guinea

Intermediate growing epiphyte, keep in light shade.

October.

  • Family Orchidaceae
  • Subfamily Epidendroideae
  • Tribe Undetermined
  • Subtribe Agrostophyllinae
  • Genus Agrostophyllum
  • Section Agrostophyllum
  • Species Agrostophyllum grandiflorum
  • Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 101, fig. 376

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Agrostophyllum grandiflorum

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Agrostophyllum grandiflorum

Agrostophyllum grandiflorum Schltr., habit, photo B. Kieft, Leiden cult. 32081

Agrostophyllum grandiflorum

Agrostophyllum grandiflorum Schltr., flower, photo B. Kieft, Leiden cult. 32081

Agrostophyllum grandiflorum

Agrostophyllum grandiflorum Schltr., from Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 101, fig. 376