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Oeceoclades perrieri

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Identification
Oeceoclades perrieri (Schltr.) Garay&Taylor [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Bosser, J., Eulophidium perrieri Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by Perrier de la Bâthie, H.,
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  • Eulophidium perrieri

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Entry for Oeceoclades perrieri Schltr. Garay & P. Taylor [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 11, Part 2, (1998) Author: I. la Croix & P.J. Cribb
Names
Oeceoclades perrieri Schltr. Garay & P. Taylor [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Mus. Leafl. [Harv. Univ.] 24: 268 (1976). Type from Madagascar.
Eulophidium perrieri Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 256 (1925) pro parte excl. syn. Eulophidium ambongense.
Eulophia ambongensis Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, sér. 3, 1: 169, t. 13 (1913). Type from Madagascar.
Lissochilus ambongensis Schltr. H. Perrier [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Fl. Madag., fam. 49, Orchidées 2: 19 (1941).
Information
Terrestrial herb up to c. 60 cm tall.Pseudobulbs 3.5–5 × 1.2–1.6 cm, narrowly conical, somewhat 4-angled, ribbed, 1-leafed.Roots 2–3 mm in diameter.Leaf 40–66 × 0.5–1 cm, narrowly linear, tapering gradually to a petiolate base, whitish-green mottled with dark green.Inflorescence up to 50 cm tall, simple or with 1–2 short branches, many-flowered.Sepals and petals purplish-green, lip white with purple veins.Sepals and petals 5–7 × 3 mm, oblong, obtuse.Lip 5–8 × 6–9 mm, with 2 oblong calli at the base, 4-lobed, the side lobes semi-oblong, the two anterior lobes oblong, ± truncate, about twice as long as the side lobes; spur 3 mm long, subcylindrical, obtuse.Column short, lacking a foot.
Habitat
Dryish coastal forest on sandy soil
Altitude range
c. 60 m.
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Distribution
Mozambique MS Sofala Prov. (Beira Distr.), Dondo Forest, c. 37 km from Beira, fl. 9.xii.1962, Ball 994 (K; SRGH).Mozambique M Maputo, Balsinhas 663 (SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Madagascar

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