Tropidia curculigoides Lindl.

in Gen. Sp. Orch. Pl.: 497 (1840).

Synonymes

Tropidia graminea Blume in Fl. Javae. Ser. 2. 1: 124 (1859).

Schoenomorphus capitatus Gagnep. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 80: 351 (1933).

Tropidia assamica Blume in Orch. Archip. Ind. 124 (1858).

Tropidia hongkongensis Rolfe in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 40 (1903).

Tropidia squamata Blume in Coll. Orch. Arch. Ind. Jap.: 123 (1859).

Schoenomorphus capitatus Thorel ex Gagnep. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 80: 351 (1933).

Répartition

Andaman et Nicobar, Australie, Bhoutan, Birmanie, Borneo, Chine, Cambodge, Hong Kong, Inde, Java, Laos, Malaisie, Nouvelle Guinée, Sikkim, Taiwan, Thaïlande, Tibet, Timor, Vietnam.

Borneo : Brunei, Sabah, Sarawak.

Chine : Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan.

Inde : Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, West Bengal.

Taiwan : Hsin-chu, New T'ai-pei, P'ing-tung, T'ai-tung.

Floraison : JFM_M______D. Altitude de 300 à 1800 m.

Description sommaire

Plante terrestre. Taille de 30 à 60 cm. Feuilles de 3 à 6, de 80-200 × 10-30 mm, lancéolées, ovales. Bractées lancéolées, ovales. Fleurs de 10 à 20, blanches, vertes. Sépale dorsal lancéolé, oblong, de 6-8 × 2-3 mm. Sépales latéraux lancéolés, de 6-11 × 2-3 mm. Pétales lancéolés, ovales, de 5-9 × 3-4 mm. Labelle oblong, de 9-10 × 3-4 mm. Chromosomes : 2n=40,60.

Commentaires

Très rarement en fleurs.

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