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Jumellea longivaginans H.Perrier, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 7: 56 (1938).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Jumellea longivaginans var. grandis H.Perrier, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 7: 57 (1938), no latin descr.
Description:
Plants 10-30 cm tall, stem compressed 5-8 mm wide; covered by the ancipitous, finely veined and traversely, and rugose sheaths, leaves distichous, narrowly loriform (3.5-8 cm x 7-11 mm), terminal lobes equal. Inflorescences equal to the leaves in length; peduncle short (2-2.2 cm), covered by the compressed wide, obtuse, 2 keeled sheaths; bracts green, rigid, compressed-ancipitous obtuse and generally 3 cm long: pedicel 8 cm, long. Median sepal lanceolate (18 x 6 mm), thick, attenuate acute; lateral sepals longer (2 cm) and narrower (4 mm,) than the median, slightly sickle shaped, Petals lanceolate acute narrower than the median sepal. Labellum lanceolate (2 cm x 7 mm), narrowed and concave basally, attenuate toward the apex and cucullate, provided above with a bifid keel; spur 9-10 cm long, Anther in the form of a saddle, longer than wide (2.5 x 1.8 mm), indented and provided behind with a slightly projecting, rounded ball, truncate and provided in front, on both sides with 2 small very acute teeth; pollina as in the generally description. Column 3 mm tall, auricles obtuse on both edges, median tooth of the rostellum acute and nearly half as long as the auricles.
Habitat:
Epiphytes of trunks; in forests with lichens, from 2900 m alt : flowering in January
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
N. & E. Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 19.02-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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