Species Information - Crepidium breviscapum

Crepidium breviscapum (Schltr.) Szlach., Fragm. Florist. Geobot. Suppl. 3 (1995) 125

Type: Schlechter 18587 (holo B, lost)

Synonyms:

• Microstylis breviscapa Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1911) 116
• Malaxis breviscapa (Schltr.) P.F.Hunt, Kew Bull. 24 (1970) 78
• Pseudoliparis breviscapa (Schltr.) Szlach. & Marg., Adansonia 21 (1999) 276

Small plant, 10—13 cm tall, erect. Rhizome very short. Leafy stem 2—3,5 by 1—1.3 cm diam., covered by leaf petioles and sheaths. Leaves 2—3; petiole 0.07—0.1 cm long; leaf sheath 0.05—0.08 cm long; leaf blade obliquely elliptic-ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, attenuate, 7—12cm long, 3—5.5 cm; apex acuminate; 3—5-nerved. Inflorescence 3.5 cm long, many-flowered, dense. Floral bracts reflexed, lanceolate; apex acuminate; 1-nerved. Flowers 0.46—0.5 by 0.38—0.42 cm wide when spread. Median sepal 0.34—0.35 by 0.3—0.32 cm, ovate, distinctly contracted in apical half; apex obtuse. Lateral sepals falcate, oblique ovate, 0.28—0.3 by 0.19—0.2.1 cm; base obliquely obcordate; apex obtuse. Petals 0.3 by 0.08 cm, oblique, asymmetric lanceolate; apex obtuse; usually strongly recurved. Lip elliptic sagittate in outline, c. 0.35 by 0.25—0.27 cm wide when spread; lamina 0.25 cm long; margins and apex incurved, apex obtuse; auricles abbreviated, triangular, falcate, subparallel, 0.1—0.13 by 0.1—0.12 cm, with obtuse apex; lamellae parallel, vanishing below apex of lamina, 0.22—0.24 by 0.02—0.03 cm high, 0.01—0.02 cm thick; callus lamellae parallel, vanishing below apex of lamina, 0.22—0.24 by 0.02—0.03 cm high, 0.01—0.02 cm thick, lamina between lamellae flat. Gynostemium erect, c. 0.1—0.12 by 0.04—0.09 cm; below anther base with a relatively elongate, cone-like, strongly bent down appendage 0.03—0.04 by 0.02—0.03 cm; staminodes folded back from anther, oblong, obliquely truncate, 0.04-0.06 by 0.03—0.035 mm; anther 0.01—0.05 by 0.05—0.06 cm wide.
(after Margońska, 2005)

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