Jumellea majalis (Schltr.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 33(2): 429 (1915).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Angraecum majale Schltr., Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, III, 1: 196 (1913).
Description:
Plants with a pendent stem thin (3.6 mm in diameter), to nearly 50 cm long and densely leafy. Leaves linear-lingulate (2.5-4 cm x 5-7 mm). Inflorescences in the leases in the upper portion of the stem: peduncle short (l cm), covered entirely by the 4 more or less long sheaths, compressed and obtuse; bracts similar to the sheaths but longer. Sepals lanceolate attenuate from the center to the subacute apex, the median smaller (12 x 3 mm) than the laterals (18 x 3.5 mm). Petals similar, but slightly smaller. Labellum panduriform-lingulate (16 mm long and 5 mm wide above the center, obviously compressed medially and widened to 5 mm above), acute, with a single keel in the lower half, spur very long (12-16 mm). Column short; auricles rhomboid, truncate apically. Pedicel generally 3 cm long: capsule attenuate basally, with the angles slightly projecting, 4 cm long and 5 mm wide.
Habitat:
Epiphytes; in lichen forests, from 1500-2000 m alt., flowering in January-May.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
N. & NE. Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 19.02-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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