Botanical Description for this Species
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Descriptions used for plant identification key are shown in BOLD. Plant Part | General | Color | Hairs | Texture | Shape | Length | Width |
Rhizome |
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| 0 to 0 cm | 0 to 0 cm |
Sheath |
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| densely to minutely puberulous
| | | 0 to 0 cm | 5 to 10 mm |
Ligule |
| | densely to minutely puberulous
| | truncate
| 2 to 5 mm | 0 to 0 mm |
Petiole |
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| densely to puberulo-sericeous
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| 2 to 3 mm | 0 to 0 mm |
Leaf |
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| narrowly elliptic | 15 to 25 cm | 4 to 6 cm |
...upper | |
| glabrous to sparsely minutely puberulous
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...under | |
| densely to sparsely minutely puberulous
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...base | |
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| cordate
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...apex | | | | | acuminate
| 5 to 15 mm | |
Inflorescence | terminal
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| ovoid
| 8 to 9 cm | 3 to 5 cm |
Bract | callus absent | red
| abaxial minutely puberulous, adaxial similar, glab
| coriaceous
| broadly ovate to ovate | 2.5 to 3.0 cm | 1.5 to 2.5 cm |
Appendage | reflexed or ascending | green | densely minutely puberulous
| foliaceous
| ovate-triangular | 0.5 to 3.0 cm | 1.0 to 1.5 cm |
Bracteole | callus 3 mm long
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| densely minutely puberulous
| | boat shape
| 2.0 to 2.4 cm | 0.0 to 0.0 cm |
Flower | | | |
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| 0 to 0 cm | 0 to 0 cm |
Calyx | | red | densely minutely puberulous
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| lobes triangular to deltate
| 1.2 to 1.6 cm | 0.6 to 0.8 cm |
Corolla | | white | glabrous
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| 0.0 to 7.0 cm | 0.0 to 0.0 cm |
Labellum |
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| broadly obovate when spread
| 4.5 to 5.0 cm | 3.5 to 4.0 cm |
Stamen | anther 7-8 mm long
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| 0.0 to 4.0 cm | 0.0 to 0.0 cm |