Jumellea pachyra (Kraenzl.) H.Perrier, in Fl. Madag. 49(2): 177 (1941).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Angraecum pachyrum Kraenzl., Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 44: 323 (1930).
Description:
Stems rigid, solid, 12-30 cm long; sheaths coriaceous, reticulate-scabrous; leaf limbus widely linear or lingulate (2.5 cm x 6-7 mm), unequally bilobed-obtuse apically. Peduncle clad with 3-4, coriaceous, acute sheaths, 4-6 mm long; pedicel much longer (2.5-4 cm). Flowers hyaline, except for the spur. Sepals oblong-acute (10 x 4 mm), 5 veined, very solid. Petals much thinner, oblong-acute (10 x 5 mm). Labellum compressed basally, not entirely known, thin as in the petals; spur cylindrical, obtuse apically, sub coriaceous, 12 mm long and 1.2 mm wide. Column 2 mm long and wide; anther 7; pollina 7; Capsule fusiform (20 x 6 mm).
Habitat:
?
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
SE. Madagascar
References:
WCSP (2017). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 19.02-2017; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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