Zeuxine affinis

白花線柱蘭

endemic

Zeuxine affinis (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook. f.

名彙資訊

特徵描述

典藏標本

數位照片

分布位置

相關資訊

Hook. f., The Flora of British India 6: 108. 1890. (Fl. Brit. Ind.)

同發表文獻

Zeuxine leucochila auct. non Schltr.

Lin, Native Orchids of Taiwan 2: 20. 1977. (Native Orch. Taiwan)
Zeuxine parvifolia auct. non (Ridley) Seidenf.

Lin, Native Orchids of Taiwan 3: 289. 1987. (Native Orch. Taiwan)

無

herb

Terrestrial herbs. Stems creeping below, ascending at top, to 20 cm tall.
Leaves many, 3-5 cm long, 1-1.5 cm wide, pale green or tinged with light brown, ovate-lanceolate, velvet.
Peduncle 10-15 cm long, covered with long, slender hairs, with 2-3 bract-like sheaths below, sheaths glabrous abaxially, ciliate at margins; rachis 5-8 cm long; floral bracts glabrous abaxially, ciliate at margins; ovary 6-8 mm long, hairy. Sepals not spreading, dark brownish green at base, whitish at apex, ovate, 4.5-5 mm long, 2.5-3 mm wide, hairy outside; petals white, 4.5-4.8 mm long; lip tripartite, white or tinged with green near base, T-shaped when flattened, 6-7 mm long, hypochile saccate, with pair of papillae inside, mesochile gradually turning thinner toward epichile, epichile dilated, bilobed, 5.5-6.2 mm across when flattened, lobules cuneate-orbicular, 2.7-3.1 mm long, 2.2-2.5 mm wide; column 2 mm tall; ventral appendages obscure or low; anther bending downward, red near midrib; pollinia clavat; stigma 2, on lateral sides of column; rostellum slender, slightly curved downward at apex, tegula oblong, ca. 1.2 mm long, widened at base and bearing viscidium.