Species Information - Agrostophyllum flexuosum subsp. telefominense

Agrostophyllum flexuosum subsp. telefominense Ormerod, Orchadian 17 (2012) 182, fig.

Type: LAE 66850 (Barker) (holo L; iso LAE).

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Epiphytic herb. Roots terete, slender, 0.05-0.1 cm thick. Stems caespitose, at the base semi-terete, above compressed, usually entirely enclosed by leaf sheaths, rarely partly exposed at dorsal base of leaf sheaths, 7 leaved, 9-19 by upto 0.9 cm wide above over the leaf sheathes. Leaves ligulate, 7.3-15.2 by 2.0-2.4 cm; base in lower 4 leaves rounded ovate, in upper 3 the base narrower; leaf sheaths exposed part 5-6 by 0.8-0.9 cm; stipules deltate to deltate-lanceolate; with acute apex, to 0.2 cm long. Inflorescence terminal, composed of several bracts, papery sheaths and some flowers, to 1.5 by c. 2.5 cm. Pedicel and ovary narrowly clavate, sparsely furfuraceous, c. 0.79 cm long. Flowers externally sparsely furfuraceous. Median sepal broadly ovate-elliptic, 0.58 by 0.4 cm, slightly carinate; apex acute; 5-nerved. Lateral sepals obliquely ovate-elliptic, 0.8 by 0.49 cm (0.6 cm long along midrib); basal quarter enclosing spur; upper half with carinate midvein; apex acute; 3-nerved. Petals oblong-ligulate, 0.55 by 0.19 cm; apex irregular-subacute; 4-nerved. Lip 3-lobed, 0.82 cm long; hypochile retrorse saccate-spurred, obtuse, c. 0.3 by 0.18-0.19 cm. the sac c. 0.15 cm long; ligula subquadrate, widely bilobed; epichile transversely elliptic­ trapeziform, 0.52 by 0.7 cm, its base with 2 oblong calli, with subtruncate apex. Column semi-terete, clavate; wings slightly curved-straight with a truncate base, c. 0.395 cm long (c. 0.29 cm long without anther cap).
(after Ormerod 2012)

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