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Jumellea ibityana Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 296 (1925).
Description:
Plants 15-30 cm tall; stem rigid, slightly compressed, 5 mm. wide and densely leafy. Leaves lingulate (3-4.5cm. x 7-10 mm.), coriaceous and very rigid, not fragrant. Inflorescences 5.5-7 cm. long, equal to or slightly longer than the leaves; peduncle short (15 mm.), covered by 3 sheaths; bracts oblong, apiculate, 3- 4 times shorter than the pedicel: flowers of average size. Sepals lanceolate 2 cm long, slightly obtuse, the median slightly enlarged basally, the laterals narrower. Petals of the same length as the sepals but thinner, lingulate and slightly attenuate toward the base. Labellum lanceolate-acule (20 x 6.5 mm). slightly retracted in the basal quarter provided above and basally with a short fine costa, spur cylindrical-filiform 3,5 cm long, longer than the labellum but shorter than the pedicel or equal to it at most. Column thick. 3.5 mm tall. Pedicel very thin, 4-5 cm long.
Habitat:
Lithophyte,. on quartz rocks from 2000 m. alt.; flowering: March.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus, cool to warm growing, monopodial lithophyte.
Distribution:
C. Madagascar.
References:
Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1936/81; Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009; WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 19.02-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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