Peristylus pachyneuroides
Peristylus pachyneuroides Renz, Davis & Hedge Festschrift (ed. Kit Tan) (1989) 187, fig. 2a-h
Type: Cruttwell 1078 (holo K)
Synonyms:
Small, rather rigid plant with 2-3 short leaves at the base of the stem. Leaves close together, amplexicaul, ovate, acute, to 4 by 2.5 cm Inflorescence narrowly cylindrical, rather dense. Floral bracts lanceolate, surpassing ovary. Ovary glabrous, shortly beaked, 0.8-1.2 cm long. Flowers small. Sepals ovate, to 0.4 cm long. Petals equal in length, ovate-triangular, 0.3 cm wide. Lip 3-lobed, with lateral lobes ligulate and deflexed, 0.3 by 0.1 cm, and a somewhat shorter middle lobe. Spur cylindrical, slightly swollen in apical half, apex obtuse, c. 0.5 cm long. Column with very short anther-channels and well developed staminodes. (After Renz, 1989)
Flowers yellowish-green.
Terrestrial in tree fern grassland; 3000 to 3167 m.
Malesia (New Guinea).
Papua New Guinea. See map
Cool growing terrestrial, requires light position.
July.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Orchidoideae
- Tribe Orchideae
- Subtribe Orchidinae
- Genus Peristylus
- Species Peristylus pachyneuroides
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Peristylus pachyneuroides
Peristylus pachyneuroides Renz, Davis & Hedge, plant habit and flower analysis, drawing Jenny Renz in Festschrift (ed. Kit Tan) (1989) 187, fig. 2a-h, from Papua New Guinea, Western Highlands Prov.
Peristylus pachyneuroides
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Peristylus pachyneuroides
Peristylus pachyneuroides Renz, herbarium sheet, Cruttwell (G. Gisi) 1078 (holotype specimen K), photo copyright the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew