Species Information - Crepidium warapussae

Crepidium warapussae (Schltr.) Szlach., Fragm. Florist. Geobot. Suppl. 3 (1995) 133

Type: Schlechter 13834 (holo B, lost)

Synonyms:

• Microstylis warapussae Schltr. in K.Schum. & Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee (1905) 101
• Malaxis warapussae (Schltr.) P.F.Hunt, Kew Bull. 24 (1970) 85

Terrestrial, at the base decumbent, ascending, erect, up to 30 cm high. roots filiform, elongated, villose. Stem terete, glabrous, decumbent part rooting, in upper part many-leaved. Leaves obliquely lanceolate, acute or acuminate, plicate, glabrous on both sides, erect-patent or patent, petiolate, 4-8 cm long, below the middle 1.5-2.5 cm wide; petiole dilated at the base, sheathing, 2-3.5 cm long. Inflorescence erect, subangular, raceme cylindrical, elongated, rather laxly many-flowered. Floral bracts linear-lanceolate, acuminate, deflexed, 0.3-0.4 cm long. Flowers erect-patent, not resupinated. Median sepal oblong, subobtuse, deflexed, 0.25 cm long. Lateral sepals obliquely ovate, subobtuse, as long as the median sepal, but a little broader, reflexed. Petals linear, subobtuse, reflexed, as long as the median sepal. Lip erect, long-auriculate, auricles falcate-linear, acute; blade reniform, apex shortly notched, margins in apical third with 4 linear-falcate teeth, in the middle with a double falcate callus extending from the base to the apex, decurrent in front. Column short, stelidia curved-divergent. Anther subreniform, apex obtuse. Ovary clavate, 0.4-0.5 cm long, glabrous. (After Schlechter, 1905)

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