Species Information - Appendicula pendula

Appendicula pendula Blume, Bijdr. (1825) 298

Type: Blume s.n. (Buitenzorg); (Bantam); (Tjanjor). Syntype specimens in L, without localities, labelled by Blume; isosyn K)

Synonyms:

• Podochilus pendulus (Blume) Schltr., Mém. Herb. Boissier 21 (1900) 48
  - Type: Blume s.n. (Buitenzorg); (Bantam); (Tjanjor). Syntype specimens in L, without localities, labelled by Blume; isosyn K)
• Conchochilus distichus Hassk., Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 9 (1842) 146
  - Type: Hasskarl s.n. (Java, Mt. Gede-Pangrango); s.n. (Mt. Salak)
• Appendicula lancifolia Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1890) 84; Hooker's Icon. Pl. 22 84; et t. 2150
  - Type: King's collector 8080 (M.P., Perak, Mt. Batu Pateh) (holo K; iso L)
• Appendicula maingayi Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1890) 84; Hooker's Icon. Pl. 22 85; et t. 2151
  - Type: Scortechini s.n. (M.P., Perak); Maingay s.n., Kew Distr. 1617 (Penang) (syn K)
• Appendicula chalmersiana F.Muell., S. Sci. Rec., n.s., 1 (1885) 91 -
  - Type: Chalmers s.n. (Mts. near Port Moresby)
• Appendicula pendula Blume var. chalmersiana (F.Muell.) J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 8, 1 (1909) 117, pl. 40, 132
• Podochilus philippinensis Schltr., Mém. Herb. Boissier 21 (1900) 49
  - Type: Cuming s.n. (Philippines, no loc.) (holo B, lost)
• Appendicula philippinensis (Schltr.) J.J.Sm., Orchid. Ambon (1905) 91
• Podochilus pseudopendulus Schltr. in K.Schum. & Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee (1905) 122 -
  - Type: Schlechter 13937 (holo B, lost; iso K)
• Appendicula pseudopendula (Schltr.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 348
• Appendicula papuana Kraenzl. in K.Schum. & Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee (1905) 125 -
  - Type: Nyman 826 (holo B, lost)
• Appendicula palustris J.J.Sm., Bull. Dép. Agric. Indes Néerl. 19 (1908) 4 -
  - Type: Versteeg 1157 (holo BO 2x; iso L)
• Podochilus palustris (J.J.Sm.) Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9 (1916) 206
• Appendicula palustris J.J.Sm. forma angusta J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 8, 1 (1909) 117, pl. 39, 131
  - Type: Versteeg 1601 (holo BO 2x; iso L)
• Appendicula latibracteata J.J.Sm. var. rajana J.J.Sm., Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 7 (1927) 48
  - Type: Winkler 925 (holo HBG; iso BO)
• Appendicula latibracteata J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 13 (1914) 37
  - Type: Bogor cult. (Nieuwenhuis s.n.) 360 (BO? NOT FOUND); 1675 (BO? NOT FOUND); probable unnumbered isosyntypes( L)
• Appendicula pendula Blume var. latibracteata (J.J.Sm.) Holttum, Orchid. Malaya 1 (1953) 500

An epiphytic herb. Stems slender, up to 40 cm long, leafy. Leaves distichous, lanceolate, acute, minutely apiculate, 2-2.5 by 0.4-0.6 cm, thin-textured, sheathing at base. Inflorescence terminal or lateral, pendulous, up to 7 cm long, several-flowered. Floral bracts reflexed. Median sepal ovate, 0.4 by 0.2 cm. Lateral sepals obliquely triangular, 0.4 by 0.3 cm. Petals ovate, obtuse, 0.3 by 0.15 cm. Lip oblong, narrowed at base, 0.5 by 0.2-0.25 cm, the apex slightly expanded, reflexed, the disc with 2 longitudinal callus ridges converging at base. Column 0.3 cm long. (After Lewis and Cribb, 1991).

Note: Whether the true Appendicula pendula occurs in New Guinea requires confirmation.

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