Epiblastus pulchellus Schltr. var. nasiformis
Epiblastus pulchellus Schltr. var. nasiformis Ormerod, Checkl. Papuasian Orch. (2017) 281.
Type: Takeuchi 5924 (holo A).
Synonyms:
Rhizome terete, creeping, producing several roots. Pseudobulbs superposed, terete, 1-leaved, 3.8-8.0 by 0.2-0.3 cm; base enclosed by papery scale leaves 1.2-5 cm long, the upper sheath longest. Pseudostem to 35 cm long. Leaves linear- ligulate, 10.8-14.4 by 0.75-0.9 cm; blade subpetiolate, its apex acute. Inflorescences 3 in a fascicle, pseudoterminal, emerging with a new leaf and pseudobulb, reaching anthesis when the leaf is semi-mature; peduncles 2.5 cm long; floral bracts ovate, 0.25 cm long, with aristate apex. Pedicel and ovary terete, 1.6 cm long. Median sepal oblong-elliptic; apex obtuse, 0.78 by 0.395 cm. Lateral sepals obliquely ovate, 0.9 by 0.45 cm; apex subacute; mentum c. 0.25 cm long. Petals oblong-lanceolate, 0.72 by 0.3 cm; apex acute. Lip 3-lobed, rhombic, 0.72 by 0.475 cm; hypochile adnate to the column foot for c. 0.15 cm, callus transverse, broadly nose-shaped, lateral lobes short, with obtuse apex; epichile ovate-triangular, 0.39 by 0.31-0.32 cm. Column semiterete, 0.29-0.3 cm long; column foot c. 0.25 cm long.
(AfterOrmerod, 2017)
Flowers red.
Not recorded. Altitude 2835-2895 m.
Malesia (New Guinea, endemic).
Papua New Guinea (Madang Prov.). See map
Cool growing epiphyte.
May.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Podochileae
- Subtribe Eriinae
- Genus Epiblastus
- Species Epiblastus pulchellus Schltr. var. nasiformis
- Variety Epiblastus pulchellus Schltr. var. nasiformis
Epiblastus pulchellus Schltr. var. nasiformis differs from E. pulchellus var. pulchellus in the broad nose-shaped callus (versus the front margin of the callus truncate to slightly rounded).
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Epiblastus pulchellus Schltr. var. nasiformis
Epiblastus pulchellus Schltr. var. nasiformis Ormerod, drawing by Paul Ormerod, in Checkl. Papuasian Orch. (2017) 281.