Jumellea bathiei Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 290 (1925).
Description:
Plants caulescent, to nearly 30 cm tall; stern cylindrical (4 mm in diameter), with numerous leaves, linear-lingulate (6-8 cm x 7-11 mm), thin but coriaceous. Inflorescences shorter than the leaves: peduncle short (10- 15 mm), covered entirely by the 3 long (7 mm) sheaths; bracts similar to the superior sheaths of the peduncle, apiculate apically and 1cm long: flowers of average size, white, fleshy, with the divisions thick apically but thin basally. Sepals narrowly lanceolate (19-21 x 7 mm basally) and obtuse, the median slightly enlarged basally (thin part) then slightly contracted above, the laterals slightly enlarged on the front basal margin. Petals similar to the sepals but slightly smaller. Labellum very pleated-carinate, oblanceolate-acute (22 x 7 mm above the center) where it is flattened, provided above with a projecting midvein passing the center: spur 35-45 mm cylindrical-filiform and green. Column thicker than long (5 x 5 mm): auricles forming an angle behind, very rounded in front: with a very small tooth in the notch of the rostellum. Anther excised apically: pollina with their cauda retracted: with a single retinacle. Pedicel thick, 4-5 cm long.
Habitat:
Pendent epiphytes.Growing in moss forest, at around 2,400 meters in altitude, flowering in March.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
C. Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 14.02-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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