Flickingeria angustifolia (Blume) A.D.Hawkes 1961

Flickingeria angustifolia is a beautifull orchid with ephemeral flowers. The appearance describe as its colour at :
— Flores pallide viridi-lutei, extus nitidi, 8,5 mm diam. 9 — 12 mm longi; labellum intensius coloratum, 1 cm longum; lamellae fusco-purpureae; anthera pallide viridis. —
Can recognised easily with pale to green yellow   flowers, externally shining, intensely colored lip, dark-purple lamellae with three pale keels; and anthers pale green. as you see in photo specimen below.

Homotypic Synonyms:

• Desmotrichum angustifolium Blume, Bijdr.: 329 (1825).
• Dendrobium angustifolium (Blume) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 76 (1830).
• Callista angustifolia (Blume) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 654 (1891).
• Ephemerantha angustifolia (Blume) P.F.Hunt & Summerh., Taxon 10: 102 (1961).
• Flickingeria angustifolia (Blume) A.D.Hawkes, Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 27: 301 (1965).

Flickingeria angustifolia (Blume) A.D.Hawkes

Flickingeria angustifolia (Blume) A.D.Hawkes

Flickingeria angustifolia (Blume) A.D.Hawkes

References :

a. Protolog basionym
Desmotrichum angustifolium Blume, Bijdr. (1825) 330.
— Dendrobium angustifolium Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. (1830) 76; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. III. 635; J. J. Smith, Fl. Buitenz. VI. 322. — D. Kelsalli Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. (1896) 237. —

Caules copiose ramosi, penduli s. repentes, 3 mm crassi, 30 — 40 cm longi, teretes, viridi-Iutei, nitidi, internodia ultima ramuli cujusque in pseudobulbos slipitatos. curvulos, cylindraceos, sulcatos, 2,5 cm longos, monophyllos incrassata.

Folia lineari-lanceolata v. lanceolata, obtusa, coriacea, basi canaliculata, ad 5,5 cm longa, 7,5 mm lata. Racemi brevissimi; bracteae paucae , scariosae in basi. Flores singuli, succedanei, ephemeri, suaveolentes.

Sepalum dorsale ovatum, acutum, lateralia multo majora, ovata, obtusa, oblique triangula, mentum magnum, latum, obtusum formantia. Petala quam sepalum dorsale minora, lanceolata, acuta. Labellum e basi angusta dilatatum, antice trilobum, lobi laterales erecti, lati, obtusi, lobus intermedius multo major, hippocrepiformis, antice profunde sinuatus, lobuli semicirculares, obtusi, lamellae in disco 3 quarum mediana brevissima gynostemium rectum, stelidia dentiformia, anthera obtusa, antice retusa.

— Flores pallide viridi-lutei, extus nitidi, 8,5 mm diam. 9 — 12 mm longi; labellum intensius coloratum, 1 cm longum; lamellae fusco-purpureae; anthera pallide viridis. — Maio.

b. Specimen origin
Südwestm alayische Provinz: Java. Berg Salak am Tjapoes (Blume n. i 967 !) ;
Soekamantri (J. J. Smith). — Sumatra, Indragiri-Fluss (Schlechter n. 13274!); Djam-
pang tengah bei Njalindoeng (J. J. Smith). — Malayische Halbinsel. Selangor (Kelsall);
Ostküste von Johore (Fielding); .Mt. Ophir (Bidley n. 3145!); Kedah Peak (Bidley).
— (Ex. sp. cult. ex horto Bogoriensi n. 45!).
(in Das Pflanzenreich, 45 : 350, 1910)

Distribution:

China (SW. Guangxi) to to W. Malesia
36 CHH CHS
41 THA VIE
42 JAW MLY SUM

Lifeform:

Pseudobulb epiphyte

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