Plant descriptions ²

Plant very large with a stout creeping rhizome; pseudobulbs up to 30 cm long; leaves 7-40, arranged in a fan, 25-60 x 2-2.5 cm; inflorescence branched; flowers apple-green to yellow green with dark blackish spots on lip; sepals 40-45 mm long; lateral sepals dorsally keeled; lip recurved, 3-lobed, 3 cm long, the side lobes bigger than the middle one.

Elevation ²

up to 400 m

Similar species ²

Synonyme: Caloglossum humblotii ; Caloglossum magnificum ; Cymbidiella humblotii ; Cymbidium humblotii ; Grammangis falcigera .

Référence ²

Bosser J. & Lecoufle M. 2011.- Les orchidées de Madagascar. Biotope, Mèze (Collection Parthénope).

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More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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