Aeranthes antennophora (Aeranthes antennophora)
Description
Plants acaulis, leaves 6-7 widely lingulate (30 - 40 x 2-35 cm.), bilobed apically and with the lobes obtuse and heavily unequal. lnflorescence thin pendent, simple or few branched, very loosely several flowered: sheaths shorter than the internodes bracts generally 5 mm, 3 - 4 times shorter than the pedicel; flowers large of a pure greenish. Sepals very long (9 - 12 cm.), acuminate in a long 7-8 cm.) filiform point, the median with an inferior oval-oblong (15 x 10 mm.) lamina, the laterals very dilate in front, above the base and forming a wide obtuse lobe in which the veins of the base are obviously curved. Petals similar to the median sepal, but smaller (45 x 8 mm, including the acumin). Labellum widely oval 2 cm wide. Deeply cordate basally acuminate in a filiform very short (15 - 18 mm.) point apically; spur cylindrical or slightly compressed. l3 - l5 mm long. Foot 1 cm. long. Column thick, 5 mm. tall; auricles widely deltoid acute incurved in front. Pedicel 15 - 20 mm. long.
Taxonomic tree
-
Domain: Eukarya
-
-
Kingdom: Plantae
-
-
Phylum:
-
-
Class: Liliopsida
-
-
Order: Asparagales
-
-
Family: Orchidaceae
-
-
Genus: Aeranthes
-
-
-
-
-
-
