Brachypeza unguiculata (Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit.

in Phytotaxa 161(1) 64 (2014).

Synonymes

Aerides diurna Binnendijk & Teijsmann in Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 27: 19 (1864).

Phalaenopsis fugax Kraenzl. in Gard. Chr. 2. 360 (1893).

Phalaenopsis ruckeri W.Bull in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 4: 97 (1864).

Phalaenopsis ruckeriana B.S.Williams in Orchid Album 6: t. 266 (1887).

Sarcochilus aureus Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. 6. (1890) 35; King, In Annal. Bot. Gard. Calc. V 42. T. 64 (1890

Sarcochilus phalaenopsis Schltr. in ref. [53]P.203

Sarcochilus unguiculatus Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 26: 67 (1840). (basionyme)

Thrixspermum aureum (Hook.f.) Kuntze in Rev. Gen. 682 (1891).

Thrixspermum unguiculatum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in Xenia Orch. 2. 122 (1865).

Pteroceras unguiculatum (Lindl.) H.A.Pedersen in Nord. J. Bot. 12: 388 (1992).

Pteroceras phalaenopsis (Schltr.) Garay in Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 194 (1972).

Répartition

Andaman et Nicobar, Borneo, Java, Malaisie, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra.

Philippines : Albay, Camarines Sur, Cavite , Cotabato, Eastern Samar, Ilocos Norte, Isabela, Kalinga-Apayao, Laguna, Leyte, Mindoro Occidental, Mindoro Oriental, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, Northern Samar, Palawan, Quezon, Samar, Sorsogon, Southern Leyte, Sulu, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur.

Altitude de 0 à 500 m.

Description sommaire

Plante épiphyte. Taille de 2 à 5 cm. Inflorescence . Eperon de 2 à 4 mm, cylindrique. Sépale dorsal lancéolé, de 15-30 × 5-8 mm. Sépales latéraux concaves, lancéolés, de 0-30 × 0-8 mm. Pétales à apex obtus, de 13-23 × 3-8 mm. Labelle trilobé, de 0-12 × 5-8 mm.

Bibliographie

Seidenfaden & J.J. Wood. The orchids of peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Olsen & Olsen, Fredensborg. 1992. Page 676. Dessin.

Schlechter. Die Orchideen der Insel Celebes. Fedde. 1925. Page 84 (sous le nom Sarcochilus phalaenopsis).

J.B. Comber. Orchids of Sumatra. Natural History Publications. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo. 2001. Page 866. Photo.

Jim Cootes. Philippine native orchid species. Katha Publishing. 2011. Page 231. Photo.

André Schuiteman, B. Ramamurthy Kailash & Uttam Babu Shrestha. A checklist of the Orchidaceae of India. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. 2022. Page 28.

Rod Rice. Photo intro to: Vandoid Orchid Genera in Asia (revised edition). Nature & Travel Books. 2018. Page 42. Photo.