Jumellea nutans (Frapp. ex Cordem.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 33(2): 430 (1915).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Angraecum nutans Frapp. ex Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 201 (1895).
Description:
Plant with a short stem 3-6 cm high, entirely covered in old leaf sheaths. Leaves 4-5 in 2 rows, arranged in a fan, oblong, conduplicate at the base, canaliculate above and then becoming flat, obliquely bilobed at the apex, with rounded lobes 8-12 cm long, 8-12 mm wide. Inflorescence solitary, slender, 3 cm long; peduncle with 2 or 3 sheaths at the base; pedicel with ovary 3 cm long. Flower white nodding (facing towards the ground), 4 cm in diameter; sepals lanceolate, acute, 20 mm long, 3 mm wide; petals 14 mm long, 2 mm wide; lip shell-shaped, acuminate; spur slender, acute, cylindrical-conical, 2 cm long.
Habitat:
Epiphyte in forest; 1000-1500 m; flowering in February.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
Réunion
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 19.02-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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