Species Information - Corybas saprophyticus

Corybas saprophyticus (Schltr.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19 (1923) 22

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Synonyms:

• Corysanthes saprophytica Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1911) 25
  - Type: Schlechter 19875 (holo B, lost)
• Calcearia saprophytica (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 13 (2002) 446

Basionym: Corysanthes saprophytica

Terrestrial, erect, about 5 cm high, stem up to the apex covered with foliaceous ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, patent, 1.2-1.5 cm long scales. Flower erect, sessile. Floral bract lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, more than twice as long as the ovary. Median sepal above the ligulate base obovate-spathulate, apiculate, cucullate, hooked, glabrous, about 2.3 cm long, dorsally keeled. Lateral sepals porrect-patent, linear, acute, glabrous, about 4.5 cm long. Petals very similar to the lateral sepals and equally long, ascending, glabrous. Lip above the cucullate base expanded into a large reniform, broadly obtuse blade with serrate-ciliate margins, in the middle near the opening of the throat with a large semi-orbicular umbo, glabrous, spurs diverging, conical, obtuse, small. Ovary cylindrical, glabrous, about 0.5 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1911-1914, as Corysanthes saprophytica Schltr.).

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