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Appendicula disticha
Appendicula disticha Ridl., J. Bot. 24 (1886) 354 t. 270
Type: Forbes s.n. (New Guinea, South Cape) (holo BM)
Synonyms:
- Podochilus distichus (Ridl.) Schltr., Mém. Herb. Boissier 21 (1900) 57
- Chilopogon distichum (Ridl.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 333
Stems several, tufted, c. 15 cm high, erect. Leaves elliptic-oblong, emarginate, with a minute, acute mucro, 1.3 by 0.63 cm; leaf-sheaths 0.63 cm long, widened. Inflorescence terminal, nodding, dense. Floral bracts tightly closely spaced, 2-ranked, distichous, lanceolate, cuspidate, 0.42 cm long. Flowers minute, thin-textured. Sepals ovate cuspidate, lateral sepals with deflexed apices. Petals narrower, linear, obtuse. Lip oblong, obcuneate, as long as the sepals, base narrowed, with two calli with a small channel in between, at the apex almost 3-lobed, obtuse, the sides thin-textured, disc thickened, somewhat carnose. Spur very short, obtuse. Column short, clinandrium shallow. Rostellum bifid, the lobes acute, straight. Stigma ovate, triangular. Anther obtuse, broad. Pollinia long pear-shaped, acute, attenuate, stipes thin, elongated, triangular; viscidium elliptic, very small. Fruit 0.42 cm long, elliptic-oblong. (After Ridley, 1886).
Floral bracts green, flower white or yellowish white, anther violet-pink.
Epiphyte in lowland and hill forest in shaded positions. Altitude 40-1065 m.
Malesia (New Guinea), Solomon Islands.
Papua (Indonesia); Papua New Guinea. See map
Warm growing epiphyte, keep in shade.
January, March, May.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Podochileae
- Subtribe Podochilinae
- Genus Appendicula
- Section Chilopogon
- Species Appendicula disticha
- Smith, J.J., Nova Guinea 12, 3 (1916) 452, t. 176, fig. 328
- Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 120, fig. 450, as Chilopogon distichum (Ridl.) Schltr.
- Lewis, B.A. & P.J. Cribb, Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville (1991) 131
- O'Byrne, P., Lowland Orchid. Papua New Guinea (1994) 132, fig., pl., as Chilopogon distichum (Ridl.) Schltr.
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Appendicula disticha Ridl., drawing J.J. Smith, from ?
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Appendicula disticha Ridl., drawing J.J. Smith, from ?
Appendicula disticha
Appendicula disticha Ridl., drawing Natadipoera, from ?
Appendicula disticha
Appendicula disticha Ridl., drawing J.J. Smith, from Bogor cult. (Feuilletau de Bruyn) 47
Appendicula disticha
Chilopogon distichum (Ridl.) Schltr., from Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 120, fig. 450