Species Information - Appendicula reflexa var. neopommeranica

Appendicula reflexa Blume var. neopommeranica (Schltr.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 338

Type:

Synonyms:

• Podochilus neopommeranicus Schltr. in K.Schum. & Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee (1905) 119
  - Type: Schlechter 13715 (holo B, lost)
• Appendicula reflexa Blume f. cleistogama J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 8, 1 (1909) 118, 143 pl. 40, fig. 133
  - Type: Bogor cult. (Djibdja 842) s.n. (holo BO)

Basionym: Podochilus neopommeranicus

Roots elongated, villose. Stems erect, straight or slightly flexuose, terete, 30-45 cm long, densely many-leaved. Leaves erect-patent, oblong-ligulate, 2-4 by 0.6-1 cm, apex obtuse, mucronate. Inflorescences lateral, racemose, c. 1 cm long, short, 3-7-flowered, peduncle covered with clasping scales. Floral bracts patent to suberect, lanceolate, often a little longer than the ovary, apex acuminate. Flowers c. 0.5 cm long. Dorsal sepal oblong, 0.3 cm long, concave, apex obtuse. Lateral sepals obliquely oblong, 0.3 cm by 0.2 mm, apex obtuse; mentum obtuse. Petals obliquely ovate-oblong, c. 0.3 cm long, apex broadly obtuse. Lip obovate, 0.3 cm long, base rounded, with a horseshoe-shaped appendage, which is shortly decurrent on the margins of the blade, apex obtuse, with a minute indistinct callus. Column short, rostellum triangular, apex emarginate, stigma covered by a low transverse lamella; column-foot long. Anther deeply cordate, apex acuminate. Pollinia 6; caudicles obcordate, concave; viscidium minute. Fruit oblong-subcylindric, subsessile. (After Schlechter, 1905, as Podochilus neopommeranicus Schltr.).

Note: Hardly, if at all, different from Appendicula reflexa.

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