Didymoplexis recurvata P.J.Cribb, Nusb. & L.Gaut. 2013
Another Angle Photos by Louis Nusbaumer and How Many Species are there in the Holomycotrophic Genus Didymoplexis Griff Orchidaceae in Madagascar, Candollea 68: 43 P.J.Cribb, Nusb. & L.Gaut. 2013 Common Name The Recurved Didymoplexis [refers to the column with
recurved apical arms bilobed at the tips]
Flower Size .56 to .64" [1.4 to 1.6 cm]
Found in northeastern Madagascar in evergreen montane forest on metamorphic rock at elevations around 985 meters as a miniature sized, warm growing mycoheterotrophic terrestrial with a subterranean elongated blackish tuberous rhizome giving rise to very small, scale like leaves that blooms in the late spring on an erect, beige, brown to blackish, slender, 4" [10 cm] long overall, peduncle provided with a small, ovate, white colored bract, rachis terete, slender, laxly, successivevly single, few flowered inflorescence with ovate, acuminate, much shorter than the ovary floral bracts and carrying tepals that are pink or white.
Synonyms References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*How Many Species are there in the Holomycotrophic Genus Didymoplexis Griff Orchidaceae in Madagascar, Candollea 68: 44 P.J.Cribb, Nusb. & L.Gaut. 2013 drawing/photo fide;
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