Pinalia sublobulata
Pinalia sublobulata Ormerod, Malesian Orchid J. 7 (2011) 81, fig. 5.
Type: L.J. Brass 12855 (holo AMES).
Synonyms:
- Eria sublobulata (Ormerod) Ormerod, Checkl. Papuas. Orchids (2017) 290
Epiphytic herb. Rhizome creeping, terete, with terete, pubescent roots. Stems erect, approximate, c. 0.7 cm apart on the rhizome, 28 by 0.4—0.8 cm, 4- leaved apically; internodes 3.1—4 cm long; internode sheaths tubular, 3.5—4.1 cm long; apex obliquely truncate, acute; papery. Leaves ligulate, 12—14.5 by 1.4—1.95 cm; apex shortly subacutely bilobed; thinly fleshy. Inflorescences 3, arising from upper 7 cm of stem, 13.3—14cm long, sublaxly to subdensely 35-flowered or more; floral bracts partly reflexed , narrowly cymbiform, 0.5—0.6 by c. 0.18 cm; apex acute. Flowers basally sparsely pubescent. Pedicel and ovary cylindric-clavate, 0.7—1 cm long, laxly pubescent. Median sepal lanceolate, 1 by 0.25 cm; apex acute; 3-nerved. Lateral sepals obliquely oblong-lanceolate, 1.02 by 0.25 cm; apex acute; 3-nerved. Petals oblong-lanceolate; apex 0.81 by c. 0.23 cm, acute; 3- nerved. Lip ovate, 0.42 by 0.2 cm; apex minutely trilobulate, obtuse; disc with 2 thin, widely separated, lamellate calli. Column semi-terete, c. 0.18 cm long; column foot 0.13 cm long.
(after Ormerod 2011)
Flowers pale yellowish with a purple lip.
Epiphyte in Nothofagus forest; 1200 m.
Malesia (New Guinea)
Indonesia, Papua Province, Sarmi Regency.
Warm growing epiphyte
February.
Pinalia sublobatus resembles P. maboroensis but has much longer stems, denser and much richer-flowered inflorescences as long as the leaves (versus about half the length of the leaves), pedicel and ovary laxly pubescent, not glabrous, and a weakly trilobulate, not entire lip apex.
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Pinalia sublobulata
Pinalia sublobulata Ormerod, Malesian Orchid J. 7 (2011) 81, fig. 5. Drawing by Paul Ormerod.