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Phreatia caulescens Ames, Orchidaceae. 2: 200. 1908; Lin, Native Orch. Taiwan 3: 213(f.) 1987.

垂莖芙樂蘭

  • Octarrhena caulescens (Ames) Ames

    Plants to 20 cm long, pendulous. Stems tufted, covered with overlapping brown sheaths. Leaves distichous, linear, ca. 6 cm long, 6 mm wide, acute. Peduncle lateral from upper stem, slender, ca. 8 cm long, curved; bracts ovate, 3 mm long, acute; pedicel and ovary 3 mm long. Flowers whitish, ca. 3 mm across, sepals ovate, 1.5 mm long, 1 mm wide, acute; petals elliptic, 1.3 mm long, 1 mm wide, acute; lip with short narrow saccate base and broad limb, 1.5 mm long, 1 mm wide, acute; column short; pollinia 8, 2 groups of 4.

    PINGTUNG: Peitawushan, Lin 65.

    The Philippines. Taiwan, forest in the south, ca. 1,500 m.


     

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