Orchidantha borneensis

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Orchidantha borneensis

Description

Leaves up to 50 cm long; petiole 10-25 cm long, terete in upper part; lamina broadly ovate to ovate lanceolate, acuminate, 15-25 by 6-9 cm. Sepals pale yellowish with purple apex, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 2.5-2.8 cm long. Lateral petals blackish violet, linear, truncate with a fine bristle at apex, c. 8 by 1.1 mm. Stamens 5-6 mm long. Ovary 18 mm long including extension; style as long as stamens, slender, terete, whitish, terminating in a blackish violet, tripartite, fimbriate crest with a V-shaped stigma.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present
Malesia: Borneo (more precise origin unknown).

Notes

This is the most poorly known species. Only the specimen deposited in K is known. It originates from a cultivated plant introduced by the 'Compagnie Continentale d'Horticulture', Ghent, Belgium.

Citation

Holttum 1970 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 246.