Isotype of Polystachya similisRchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Polystachya modestaRchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Linder, H.P.,
Related name
Polystachya rigidula
Polystachya modesta
Polystachya similis
Polystachya duemmeriana
Polystachya tessellata
Polystachya luteola
Polystachya shirensis
Polystachya kindtiana
Flora
Entry for POLYSTACHYA modesta Reichb. f. [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
POLYSTACHYA modestaReichb. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora, 1867, 114.
Information
Pseudobulbs ovate-oblong, thickened at the base, 3/4–1 in. long, 3-leaved. Leaves oblong, subobtuse, 3–3 1/2 in. long, 5–8 lin. broad. Pedicels smooth. Panicles slightly branched, dense, 1/2–2 1/4 in. long. Bracts small. Flowers 1 1/2 lin. long, yellow. Dorsal sepal ovate-oblong, acute, 1 1/4 lin. long; lateral triangular-ovate, acute. Petals linear-oblong, acute, 1 1/4 lin. long. Lip trifid in front; side lobes antrorse, obtuse; front lobe broader, crenulate; disc furfuraceous; callus ancipitous at the base. Chin 1/2 lin. long. Capsule elliptical-oblong, 3 1/2 lin. long.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Pungo Andongo; near Quisonde, on trunks of old trees in the primæval woods, very rare, Welwitsch, 675!
Notes
Allied to P. nitidula, Reichb. f., but much smaller. The British Museum specimen consists of a single flower and fruit, accompanied by a sketch.
