Agrostophyllum majus Hook.f.

in Fl. Brit. Ind. 5: 824 (1890).

Synonymes

Agrostophyllum denbergeri J.J.Smith in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buit. Ser. 3. 3: 277 (1921).

Agrostophyllum indifferens J.J.Smith in Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg. 7: 44 (1927).

Agrostophyllum saccatum Ridl. in J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 31: 286 (1896).

Agrostophyllum agusanense Ormerod in Taiwania 59: 331 (2014).

Répartition

Borneo, Java, Malaisie, Philippines, Singapour, Sumatra, Thaïlande.

Borneo : Sabah, Sarawak.

Sumatra : Jambi, Lampung, Sumatera Barat, Sumatera Selatan, Sumatera Utara.

Altitude de 20 à 1000 m.

Description sommaire

Plante épiphyte. Inflorescence . Sépale dorsal ovale, de 7-8 × 1-2 mm. Sépales latéraux ovales, de 7-8 × 1-2 mm. Pétales linéaires. Labelle trilobé.

Commentaires

D'après Ormerod : A. saccatum differs from A. majus in having a thick tongue-like substigmatic appendage, otherwise the flowers appear identical.

Bibliographie

J.B. Comber. Orchids of Java. Bentham-Moxon Trust. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. 1990. Page 192 (sous le nom Agrostophyllum denbergeri). Photo.

Seidenfaden. Orchid genera in Thailand XIII. Opera Botanica. 1986. Page 130. Dessin.

B. Lewis & P. Cribb. Orchids of Vanuatu. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1989. Page 80. .

B.A. Lewis & P.J. Cribb. Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1991. Page 128. .

Seidenfaden & J.J. Wood. The orchids of peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Olsen & Olsen, Fredensborg. 1992. Page 321. Dessin.

J.B. Comber. Orchids of Sumatra. Natural History Publications. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo. 2001. Page 315 (sous le nom Agrostophyllum denbergeri). Photo.

J.B. Comber. Orchids of Sumatra. Natural History Publications. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo. 2001. Page 316 (sous le nom Agrostophyllum indifferens). Photo.

Teofila E. Beaman, Jeffrey J. Wood, Reed S. Beaman, John H. Beaman. Orchids of Sarawak. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kew Gardens. 2001. Page 126. Photo.

Teofila E. Beaman, Jeffrey J. Wood, Reed S. Beaman, John H. Beaman. Orchids of Sarawak. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kew Gardens. 2001. Page 126 (sous le nom Agrostophyllum saccatum).

Cheam May Choo, Antony Van Der Ent, Embi Abdullah, Balu Perumal. Wild orchids of Cameron Highlands. Regional Environmental Awareness Cameron Highlands. 2009. Page 80. Photo.

P.T. Ong, P. O'Byrne, W.S.Y. Yong, L.G. Saw. Wild orchids of peninsular Malaysia. Forest Research Institute Malaysia. 2011. Page 90. Photo.

Alec M. Pridgeon, Phillip J. Cribb, Mark W. Chase & Finn N. Rasmussen. Genera Orchidacearum. Volume 6. Oxford University Press. 2014. Page 132. Photo.

Malesian orchid journal. Tome 20. Natural History Publications (Borneo). Page 72 (sous le nom Agrostophyllum saccatum). Photo.