Species Information - Agrostophyllum daymanense

Agrostophyllum daymanense Ormerod, Orchadian 16 (2011) 567, fig.

Type: L.J. Brass 22960 (holo AMES).

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Epiphytic herb. Roots terete, pubescent. Stems caespitose, compressed, laxly 11-leaved, 52.5 by c. 0.5 cm; lower 35 cm completely covered by complanate leaf sheaths, leaves more widely spaced in upper 19.5 cm exposing internodes for 2.5-6.5 cm. Leaves linear-ligulate, 10-20 by 1-1.15 cm; leaf sheaths compressed, exposed part 5-7 by 0.5-0.8 cm, with deltate stipules to 0.1 cm long; apex short bidentate with a broad apiculus. Inflorescence terminal, with numerous bracts and sheaths, many flowered, c. 2.5 by 2 cm. Pedicel and ovary clavate, 0.65 cm long. Median sepal ovate, 0.59 by 0.38 cm; apex acute; midrib weakly keeled; 4-5-nerved. Lateral sepals obliquely ovate-elliptic, 0.8 by 0.45 cm; apex acute, midrib weakly keeled in apical quarter; 3-nerved, one lateral nerve branched. Petals oblong- elliptic; apex obtuse, 0.55 by 0.25 cm. Lip 3-lobed, 0.8 cm long; hypochile spurred-saccate, 0.35 by 0.2 cm, with rounded-truncate lateral lobes; ligula subquadrate, bidentate, papillose-pubescent; epichile trilobulate, transversely elliptic, c. 0.45 by 0.63 cm, its midlobe transversely oblong-elliptic, emarginate, bilobulate, c. 0.09 by 0.3 cm. Column stout, 0.27 cm long.
(after Ormerod 2011)

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