尖齿兜兰Paphiopedilum acmodontum Schoser ex M.W.Wood in Orchid Rev.84:350.1976
Distribution: C Philippines. | ||
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Leaves 4-5, oblong-elliptic, 12-18 cm long, ca. 4 cm wide, adaxially tessellated with dark and light green, abaxially pale green. | ||
Scape 20-34 cm long, green, marked with purple, sparsely hairy; bract ovate, ca. 3 cm long, sparsely hairy; pedicel and ovary 4.5-6cm long, green, longitudinally purple-ridged, shortly hairy; flower single, 7-8 cm across; dorsal sepal and synsepal white, often flushed with purplered, veined with dull purple or purple-green; petals green and spotted with black in basal half, purple in apical half, with darker veins throughout; lip olivegreen or pale brown, with obscure veins, red-spotted on incurved side-lobes; staminode pale green, marked with deep green or pale brown; dorsal sepal ovate, 3.5-4cm long, ca. 3 cm wide; synsepal ovate-elliptic, smaller than dorsal sepal; petals oblong-oblanceolate, 4.3-5.1 cm long, 1.4-2 cm wide, ciliate; lip helmetshaped; pouch 2.5-3 cm long, 2.3-2.6 cm wide, with a short point (apiculum) at the front margin, auriculate on both sides of its mouth; staminode subsquare or broadly obovate, ca. I cm long and wide, adaxially puberulous, 3-toothed apically, the lateral two teeth smaller or inconspicuous. Flowering period: February to April in the wild.
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