Species Information - Octarrhena miniata

Octarrhena miniata (Schltr.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 903

Type: Schlechter 13995 (holo B, lost)

Synonyms:

• Chitonanthera miniata Schltr. in K.Schum. & Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee (1905) 195
  - Type: Schlechter 13995 (holo B, lost)

Epiphytic, erect, several-stemmed, c. 10 cm high. Roots filiform, elongated, flexuose, glabrous. Stems erect or suberect, indistinctly flexuose, laxly leafy, entirely covered with the leaf-sheaths, which are connate almost up to the apex. Leaves equitant, linear-falcate, acute, glabrous, coriaceous, 1-1.3 cm long, 0.15 cm wide. Inflorescence axillary, laxly 10- to 20-flowered, elongated, surpassing the leaves. Floral bracts ovate, acuminate, glabrous, almost as long as the ovary with pedicel. Flowers very small, suberect, 0.15 [‘1.5’] cm diam. Sepals ovate, obtuse, glabrous. Lateral sepals somewhat oblique. Petals oblong-ligulate, obtuse, glabrous, somewhat oblique, less than half as long as the sepals. Lip narrowly oblong-ligulate, obtuse, glabrous, towards the apex rather thick, a little shorter than the sepals. Column rather thick, clinandrium large; without a foot; stigma transverse, low. Anther obcordate, in front subacute. Ovary shortly pedicellate, .
(After Schlechter, 1905)

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