Species Information - Saccolabiopsis rara

Saccolabiopsis rara (Schltr.) J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 18 (1935) 75

Type: Schlechter 20365 (holo B, lost)

Synonyms:

• Malleola rara Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 980
  - Type: Schlechter 20365 (holo B, lost)

Epiphytic, very small, almost stemless; roots flexuose, glabrous. Leaves c. 4-6, erect-patent, subfalcate-ligulate, unequally and obtusely bilobulate, gradually somewhat narrowed towards the base, 2.8-4.2 cm long, near the middle 0.5-0.8 cm wide. Inflorescence rather laxly 12-18-flowered, slightly curved, distinctly longer than the leaves (sometimes almost twice as long); peduncle with a few small scales, slender, almost as long as the leaves. Floral bracts lanceolate, acute, much shorter than the ovary . Flowers minute, glabrous. Sepals oblong-subspathulate, obtuse, 0.2 cm long. Lateral sepals oblique. Petals narrowly oblong-ligulate, somewhat narrowed towards the base, almost as long as the sepals. Lip as long as the sepals, 0.19 cm wide near the middle, broadly conical-saccate, obtuse, blade indistinctly 5-lobed; spur 0.15 cm long, obtuse. Column short. Ovary subsessile, 0.25 cm long, glabrous. (After Schlechter, 1911-1914)

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