Species Information - Corybas betsyae

Corybas betsyae P.Royen, Phanerog. Monogr. 16 (1983) 83, fig. 20 ('betsyi')

Type: Royen, van 11204 (holo BISH)

Synonyms:

• Calcearia betsyae (P.Royen) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 13 (2002) 444 ('betsyi')

Small, 2.5 cm high terrestrial. Tuber not seen. Stem very pale green, 0.9 cm long, 3-ribbed, glabrous. Cataphyll tubular, 0.65 cm long, acuminate, glabrous. Leaves sagittate, 2.1 by 0.7 cm, acuminate, margin crinkled-wavy, mid-rib sunken above, prominent below, basal nerve 1 on either side of mid-rib, venation hardly present; sparsely pellucid lenticelled. Pedicel 0.15 cm long, glabrous. Floral bract linear, but gradually widening towards base, 1.2 cm long, subulate in upper parts, glabrous. Ovary obliquely ellipsoid, curved, 0.4 cm long, 6-ribbed, glabrous. Median sepal narrowly spathulate, curved, boat-shaped, 1.6 by 0.6 cm, acute with upcurved tip, 3-nerved at the base, 5-nerved on hood, mid-rib crested on outside along entire length, glabrous. Lateral sepals linear, subulate in apical part, widening and boat-shaped in basal half, glabrous, 1.4-1.5 cm long. Petals similar, 0.7-0.9 cm long. Lip from a straight, tubular, 0.6 cm long basal part curving downward and widening into a 0.7 by 0.7 cm large blade, margin coarsely fimbriate, on inside between throat and margin with a broad belt of hispid hairs, glabrous on outside, 3-nerved at the base, 13-nerved near margin, mid-rib crested on outside; spurs narrowly conoid, curved, 0.25 cm long, glabrous. Capsule not seen. (After Van Royen, 1983).

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