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Appendicula pseudopendula var. cryptostigma
Appendicula pseudopendula (Schltr.) Schltr. var. cryptostigma Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 349
Type: Schlechter 16254 (holo B, lost; iso E, K, L)
Synonyms:
Differs from the typical form in the broadly and obliquely elliptic petals, the broadly elliptic lip which is entirely without an appendage, in the column in front at the apex being deeply bilobed, with the lobes concealing the stigma, and in the short column-foot. (After Schlechter, 1911-1914)
Not recorded.
Epiphyte in lowland forest in shaded positions. Altitude 300 m.
Malesia (New Guinea, endemic).
Papua New Guinea. See map
Warm growing epiphyte, keep in shade.
July, December.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Podochileae
- Subtribe Podochilinae
- Genus Appendicula
- Section Chaunodesme
- Species Appendicula pseudopendula
- Variety Appendicula pseudopendula cryptostigma
- Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 125, fig. 471
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Appendicula pseudopendula var. cryptostigma
Appendicula pseudopendula (Schltr.) Schltr. var. cryptostigma Schltr., from Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 125, fig. 471
Appendicula pseudopendula var. cryptostigma
Appendicula pseudopendula (Schltr.) Schltr. var. cryptostigma Schltr., herbarium sheet, Schlechter 16254, isotype specimen (L)