| Field notes | Collection sequence 11339-11371; inverted epiphyte on trees overhanging steam, common; leaves distichous, fleashy, adaxially dark green, slightly lighter beneath; ligule toothed, hairy; sheath pitted; petiole to c. a cm; raceme simple, axes red and puberulent; perianth pubescent; calyx orange, tubular, 2 or 3 lobes, cleft on dorsal side; corolla yellow, lobes sometimes red at apex, dorsal segment cucullate, horn obtuse, solid, not prolonged; labellum cleft nearly (but not completely) to the base; filament very short, anthercells free at base, connective obtusely appendaged at the top; stigma capitate, orifice ventral; ovary dull red, unilocular, placentation parietal; fruit oblongoid, dehiscing on 2 shiny red valves; seeds numerous, arilloid orange. |
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