Goodyera sechellarum (S.Moore) Ormerod, Lindleyana 17: 204 (2002).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Platylepis sechellarum S.Moore in J.G.Baker, Fl. Mauritius: 340 (1877).
Erporkis sechellarum (S.Moore) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 660 (1891).
Description:
Stem about ½ foot high, glandular-pubescent above, leafy below, clothed in the upper part with numerous loose, white, imbricate sheathing scales. Leaves as in Platylepis occulta, but lanceolate. Spike 3 in. long, lax-flowered; bracts lanceolate, glandular pubescent. Sepals oblong, 1/6 in. long. Petals linear, apparently quite free from the upper sepal. Labellum about as long as the column, and adnate to its base, ovate-oblong, obtuse, with several papilla-like calli near the base. Column slightly curved forwards; pollen-masses subpyriform, longitudinally sulcate; stigma rotundate.
Note:
Divergent from the genus by reason of its non-concrete petals and numerous small calli on the labellum.
Habitat:
No data
Distribution:
Seychelles
References:
Lindleyana 17: 204 (2002); 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."
Images:
Click on each image to see a larger version.