Platylepis margaritifera Schltr. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 328 (1918)
Heterotypic Synonyms
Bathiorchis rosea (H.Perrier) Bosser & P.J.Cribb in Adansonia, sér. 3, 25: 229 (2003)
Goodyera rosea (H.Perrier) Ormerod in Taiwania 51: 158 (2006)
Gymnochilus roseus H.Perrier in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 83: 24 (1936)
Platylepis roseum (H.Perrier) M.C.Pace in Brittonia 72: 264 (2020)
Description:
Herbs, generally 17 cm tall; roots villous; stem bearing above the center 3-4 petiolate leaves (petiole generally 1.5 cm long), elliptical-acuminate (generally 7 x 2.5 cm), compressed-rounded basally; peduncle puberulent-glandular below the inflorescence; inflorescence elongated (3 x 1.5 cm), densely many flowered; bracts equal to the length of the flowers; flowers small, slightly puberulent-glandular on the external parts. Sepals oblong, obtuse and 7 mm long. Petals 6 mm long, linear-lingulate, obtuse. Labellum concave, oblong, subacute, 6 mm. long, glabrous, 2 keeled above and provided basally with a transverse line of 7 calluses in the form of a bead. Column very thin, dilate toward the apex, 5.5 mm tall. Ovary sessile generally 6 mm long, puberulent-glandular.
Habitat:
Distribution:
ENE. Madagascar, Réunion
References:
Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb and Bosser 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009; POWO (2022). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ Retrieved 29 November 2022."
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