Jumellea recta (Thouars) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 33(2): 430 (1915).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Angraecum rectum Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: 55 (1822).
Aerobion rectum (Thouars) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 716 (1826).
Aeranthes recta (Thouars) S.Moore in J.G.Baker, Fl. Mauritius: 351 (1877).
Epidorkis recta (Thouars) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 660 (1891).
Macroplectrum rectum (Thouars) Finet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54(9): 27 (1907).
Description:
Plant with long stems up to 60 cm high. Leaves in 2 rows, distantly spaced, thick and leathery in bright light, thinner and longer in shade, ligulate, equally bilobed at the apex, 7-8 cm long, 10-12 mm wide. Inflorescences usually one at a time, axillary; peduncle short, bare in the upper half; bract tubular, 5-8 mm long; pedicel with ovary 6-7 cm long. Flower white; dorsal sepal narrowly triangular, tapering, 2 cm long; lateral sepals falcate, narrower than dorsal sepal; petals similar to lateral sepals but with frilled margins near the base; lip with a wide claw bearing a central keel, lanceolate and acuminate in the upper two thirds, in total 2.5 cm long, 6-7 mm wide; spur S-shaped, 11-12 cm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte at the base of forest trees and also lithophytic; 200-1000 m; flowering December to February.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, cool to warm growing epiphyte.
Distribution:
Mascarenes
References:
Historie Particulier des Plantes Orchidees Recueilles Sur Trois Iles Australes d'Afrique Thouars 1822; AOS Bulletin Vol 56 No 3 1987; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006; Australian Orchid Review Vol 73 No 2 2008; WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 19.02-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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