familyOrchidaceae
subfamilyOrchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae
genusMacradenia
speciesMacradenia lutescens
Macradenia lutescens
Bot. Reg. 8: plate 612. 1822.
Illustrated
Plants to 18 cm (excluding inflorescence). Leaves: blade 8–15 × 1–2.5 cm. Inflorescences 1–2, to 12 cm; bracts 3–10 mm. Flowers cream to pale orange with redbrown to red-purple spots; sepals 6–120 × 3–6 mm, apex acute; petals 6–120 × 3–4 mm, apex acute; lip white to pale-yellow with yellow patch near callus, 7–10 × 6–8 mm, lateral lobes nearly circular, middle lobe nearly linear, apex acute and strongly reflexed; callus of 3 shallow keels; column white, often with 2 redbrown streaks, 8 mm. Capsules 15–20 mm.
Phenology: Flowering Oct–Dec.
Habitat: Epiphytic in shaded sites on small branches and twigs
Elevation: 0–10[–500] m
Distribution
Fla., West Indies, n South America
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
... more about "Macradenia lutescens"
separating +
self-pollination +
reflexed +
acute +
leathery +
indehiscent +
conduplicate +
triangular +
shallow +
white +
projecting +
prominent +
absent +
symmetric +
epigynous +
bisexual +
triangular;ellipsoid +
fleshy +
3-carpellate +
connate +
Present +
shallow +
circular +
connate +
modified +
differing in form and color +
compound +
inferior +
anatropous +
numerous +
minute +
small +
dense +
flowering +
modified +
petaloid +
6mm;120mm +
oblongelliptic +
subdivided +
fertile +
prominent +
elongate +
reduced +
Bot. Reg. +
1822 +
creeping +
projecting +
prominent +
beaklike +
numerous +
greener +
? (?) +
oblongelliptic +
foliaceous +
longitudinal +
various +
Illustrated +
opposite +
adnate +
1;2 +
modified +
delicate +
proliferous +
longitudinal +
absent +
redbrown +
adnate +
Macradenia lutescens +
Macradenia +
species +
stolonoid +
multilayered +
spongy +
epiphytic +
subterranean +