Tridactyle unguiculata Mansf., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 1064 (1934).
Description:
Plant with stems up to 42 cm long. Leaves linear-ligulate, unequally bilobed at the apex, up to 15 cm long, 7 mm wide. Inflorescences up to 8 cm long, several-flowered. Flower colour not recorded; dorsal sepal oblong, obtuse, 8-12 mm long, 4-4.5 mm wide; lateral sepals elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 9-12 mm long, 3-5 mm wide; petals oblong-spathulate, subacute or obtuse, 8.7-12 mm long, 4-4.5 mm wide; lip broadly llabellate, cucullate, auriculate at the base, 3-lobed in the apical half, side lobes oblong-flabellate, erose-dentate on the apical margin, mid-lobe triangular, acute, in total 9 mm long, 15 mm wide; spur slender, straight, 4-5 cm long.
Habitat:
In mist forest; 1800 m; flowering in October.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
SW. Tanzania
References:
World Checklist of Monocotyledons. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.kew.org/wcsp/monocots/ accessed 21.03.2017
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