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Ancistrochilus thomsonianus

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Identification
Ancistrochilus thomsonianus (Rchb. F.) Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Ancistrochilus thomsonianus

Flora

Entry for ANCISTROCHILUS thomsonianus Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 12, (1898) Author: (By R. A. Rolfe.)
Names
ANCISTROCHILUS thomsonianus Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Pachystoma thomsonianum Reichb. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Gard. Chron. 1879, xii. 582, 624, 625, fig. 102, 103; 1882, xviii., 501, fig. 87; Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. iii. 35, t. 213; Bot. Mag. t. 6471; Orchidophile, 1882, 427; Gartenfl. xxx. 324, t. 1061; Will. Orch. Alb. v. t. 220; Veitch, Man. Orch. vi. 4, with fig.
Ipsea thomsoniana Pfitz. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf. ii. Abth. 6, 154, fig. 158.
Information
Pseudobulbs seated on a creeping rhizome, orbicular, depressed, nearly 1 in. thick, covered with membranous scales. Leaves 1 or 2, lanceolate, acute, plicate, membranous, 6–8 in. long. Peduncles 1 or 2 from the base of each pseudobulb, ascending, slender, pubescent, 4–6 in. high, 2- to 3-flowered. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, sheathing, 5–7 lin. long. Pedicels 7–8 lin. long, pubescent. Flowers large, white with a purple lip. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 1 1/4–1 1/2 in. long. Petals a little shorter than the sepals and narrower at the base. Lip deeply 3-lobed; side lobes oblong, obtuse, 4–5 lin. long; front lobe attenuate-linear from a narrow base, 9–12 lin. long. Column 7–8 lin. long.
Distribution
Upper Guinea Mountains of Old Calabar, on trees, at a moderate elevation, not far from the coast, Kalbreyer, cultivated specimens!

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