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Agrostophyllum crassicaule var. bismarckiense
Agrostophyllum crassicaule Schltr. var. bismarckiense Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 271
Type: Schlechter 18545 (holo B, lost)
Synonyms:
Differs from the typical variety in the somewhat more slender habit, longer leaves, larger appendages of the leaf-sheaths, smaller flowers, the petals being narrower at the base, the distinctly 3-lobulate mid-lobe of the lip with lightly undulate margins, and in the smaller callosities on the column. (After Schlechter, 1911-1914).
Not recorded, probably the same as the typical variety (white with two red spots on the lip).
Epiphyte in lower montane forest. Altitude 1300 m.
Malesia (New Guinea, endemic).
Papua New Guinea. See map
Intermediate growing epiphyte, keep in light shade.
October.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Undetermined
- Subtribe Agrostophyllinae
- Genus Agrostophyllum
- Section Agrostophyllum
- Species Agrostophyllum crassicaule
- Variety Agrostophyllum crassicaule bismarckiense
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Agrostophyllum crassicaule var. bismarckiense
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Agrostophyllum crassicaule var. bismarckiense
Agrostophyllum crassicaule Schltr. var. bismarckiense Schltr., from Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 99, fig. 368 (as Agrostophyllum crassicaule Schltr.)