Species Information - Octarrhena podochiloides

Octarrhena podochiloides (Schltr.) Schuit., Blumea 48 (2003) 512

Type: Schlechter 18698 (holo B, lost; iso AMES, L)

Synonyms:

• Chitonanthera podochiloides Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 899
  - Type: Schlechter 18698 (holo B, lost; iso AMES, L)

Epiphytic, small, branching at the base. Rhizome short, stem-like; roots filiform, glabrous. Stems unbranched, flexuose, up to 7 cm long, entirely hidden by the leaves. Leaves equitant, linear, apiculate, erect-patent, 0.45-0.7 cm long, c. 0.13-0.15 cm wide, somewhat fleshy. Inflorescences axillary, 1-2-flowered, slightly more than half as long as the leaves; peduncle short, with a few peduncle-scales. Floral bracts elliptic, shorter than the ovary. Flowers minute. Sepals suborbicular, shortly acuminate, almost 0.15 cm long. Lateral sepals oblique. Petals very minute, oblong, obtuse, very minutely papillose, about one fifth to one sixth as long as the sepals. Lip oblong, apiculate, minutely papillose, 0.13 cm long. Column short, papillose, clinandrium with two recurved auricles, large; stigma narrow, transverse. Ovary cylindrical, glabrous, c. 0.1 cm long.
(After Schlechter, 1911-1914)

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