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Nervilia plicata
Nervilia plicata (Andrews) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45 (1911) 403
Type:
Synonyms:
- Arethusa plicata Andrews, Bot. Repos. 5 (1803) t. 321
- Type: Lambert cult. s.n. (lost?, if so: lecto: Andrew's plate t. 321) - Epipactis plicata (Andrews) Roxb., Fl. Ind., ed. 2, 3 (1832) 454
- Pogonia plicata (Andrews) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. (1840) 415
- Cordyla discolor Blume, Bijdr. (1825) 417
- Type: Blume 652 (Mt. Salak) (holo L) - Roptrostemon discolor (Blume) Blume, Fl. Javae (1828) vi
- Pogonia discolor (Blume) Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 1 (1849) 32
- Nervilia discolor (Blume) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45 (1911) 403
- Pogonia dallachyana F.Muell. ex Benth., Fl. Austral. 6 (1873) 310
- Type: Dallachy s.n. (Australia, Rockingham Bay) - Nervilia dallachyana (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39 (1906) 48
- Pogonia velutina Parish & Rchb.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30 (1874) 142
- Type: Parish 182 (holo K) - Nervilia velutina (Parish & Rchb.f.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45 (1911) 403
- Aplostellis velutina (Parish & Rchb.f.) Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 4 (1924) 204
- Pogonia pulchella Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 111 (1885) t. 6851
- Type: Ford s.n. (Little Hongkong); (Taitam Tuk) - Pogonia discolor (Blume) Blume var. picta J.J.Sm., Orchid. Java (1905) 55
- Type: J.J. Smith s.n. (Java, Djampang Tengah near Njalindoeng) (holo BO) - Nervilia discolor (Blume) Schltr. var. picta (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 3 (1921) 236
- Pogonia pudica Ames, Orchidaceae 2 (1908) 44, fig.
- Type: Copeland 427 (holo AMES) - Nervilia porphyrophylla Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1911) 41
- Type: Schlechter 18299 (syn B, lost; iso E, G, L 2x, MO, NSW); 18467 (syn B, lost; BO "18407", E, G, K, L "18407")
Basionym: Arethusa plicata
Terrestrial, erect, slender, 16-32 cm high. Tuber globose. Leaves shortly petiolate, broadly ovate or subreniform, cordate, subobtuse, puberulous above, 2.5-4.5 cm long, below the middle 2.7-5 cm wide, with c. 12 nerves, the latter on upper side of the leaf keeled-thickened and puberulous; petiole grooved, 1-2 cm long. Inflorescence straight or nearly so, terete, glabrous, below the middle with 3, long-clasping, subobtuse or apiculate sheaths, terete, glabrous, at the apex 2-flowered (very rarely 3-flowered). Floral bracts spreading, lanceolate, subacute, glabrous, usually as long as the pedicel with ovary. Flowers pendent. Sepals ligulate, acute, in upper half somewhat dilated, glabrous, 3.2 cm long; lateral sepals oblique. Petals very similar to the sepals, acute, glabrous, oblique, 3 cm long. Lip narrowed at the base, in outline broadly ovate-quadrate, at the apex bilobed-notched, glabrous and unadorned, 2 cm long, below the middle 1.5 cm wide. Column slender, dilated towards the apex, glabrous, 1.2 cm long. Anther rhomboid-cucullate, glabrous. Ovary 6-ribbed, glabrous, clavate, including the pedicel 0.9 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1911-1914)
Leaves dark red. Sepals and petals usually brown, lip rose-red, deeper so towards the apex, with a yellow longitudinal median line, sometimes sepals and petals yellowish and lip white.
Terrestrial in primary and secondary forest, forest margins and Imperata grassland; 0 to 500 m.
Malesia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, New Guinea, Philippines), Laos, Vietnam, Sikkim, India (Deccan, Bengal), Burma, China, Australia.
Papua (Indonesia); Papua New Guinea. See map
Warm growing terrestrial, requires light to shaded position.
March, April, September, November.
- Smith, J.J., Orchid. Java (1905) 54, as Pogonia discolor (Blume) Blume
- Smith, J.J., Orchid. Java, Fig.-Atl. (1908) fig. 33, as Pogonia discolor (Blume) Blume
- Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 18, fig. 58, as Nervilia porphyrophylla Schltr.
- Dockrill, A. W., Austral. Indig. Orchids 1 (1969) 188, fig., as Nervilia discolor (Blume) Schltr.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Nervilieae
- Section Vinerlia
- Genus Nervilia
- Species Nervilia plicata
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Nervilia plicata
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Nervilia plicata
Nervilia plicata (Andrews) Schltr., habit, photo N.E.G. Cruttwell
Nervilia plicata
Nervilia porphyrophylla Schltr., drawing R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 18, fig. 58
Nervilia plicata
Cordyla discolor Blume, herbarium sheet, Blume 652 (holotype specimen L)
Nervilia plicata
Nervilia porphyrophylla Schltr., herbarium sheet, Schlechter 18299 (syntype specimen BO)
Nervilia plicata
Nervilia porphyrophylla Schltr., herbarium sheet, Schlechter 18467 ("18407") (holotype specimen BO)
Nervilia plicata
Nervilia porphyrophylla Schltr., herbarium sheet, Schlechter 18299 (isosyntype specimen L)
Nervilia plicata
Nervilia porphyrophylla Schltr., herbarium sheet, Schlechter 18299 (isosyntype specimen L)
Nervilia plicata
Nervilia porphyrophylla Schltr., herbarium sheet, Schlechter "18407" (=18467) (isosyntype specimen L)