Gastrochilus acaulis (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 661 1891. (Syn: Cleisostoma acaule Lindl.; Gastrochilus indicus Garay [Illegitimate]; Gastrochilus nilagiricus Kuntze; Gastrochilus pulchellus (Wight) Schltr.; Saccolabium acaule (Lindl.) Hook.f.; Saccolabium nilagiricum Hook.f. [Illegitimate]; Saccolabium pulchellum (Wight) C.E.C.Fisch.; Vanda fimbriata Gardner ex Thwaites; Vanda pulchella Wight); India, Sri Lanka (as per WCSP)
Zanhe (1996) in the Revision of Gastrochilus writes: Blade of the epichile acute at apex, sometimes with short hairs on both sides of cushion; hypochile with peg like projection at the bottom of the interior..... Gastrochilus acaulis Blade of the epichile widely emarginate at apex, without hairs on upper surface, lacking project at the bottom of interior ....... Gastrochilus flabelliformis 42-TSP-ID-25FEB2016-1: Gastrochilus sp (Orchidaceae) for ID : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Kindly identify this Gastrochilus sp (Orchidaceae).....My observation is that the floral parts are not speckled or mottled as in G.acaulis or in G.calceolaria and the flowers are a bit smaller. Could it be Gastrochilus flabelliformis....??? Not sure. Habit: Herb Habitat: Epiphytic, semi-evergreen forest Sighting: Kottigehara, Chikmagalur, Karnataka, about 1200 msl Date: 20-02-2016 efi page on Gastrochilus flabelliformis Looks like Gastrochilus acaulis. Here is my image of acaulis from Kadagu. Attachments (1) efi page on Gastrochilus acaulis
114-TSP-ID-27OCT2016: Gastrochilus sp (Orchidaceae) @ Kottigehara for ID : 12 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (4) Kindly examine and identify this Gastrochilus sp (Orchidaceae)....Could this be Gatrochilus acaulis.....??? Ref: http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/herbsheet.php?id=3027&cat=1 Habit:Herb Habitat:Wild,Epiphytic,Semi-evergreen forest Sighting:Kottigehara,Chikmagalur,Karnataka,about 1000 msl. Date:04-03-2016 Those leaves are not in natural condition. Its not so easy to confirm. I may guess this to be Gatsrochilus flabelliformis but not sure. ..., can you please have a look. More likely to be Gastrochilus acaulis but lets wait for ... confirmation. Gastrochilus is not so easy, but I can see the wing on the epichile has fimbriate margin even at the front which is same in case of pics by ... So I do think ... is right in calling this as Gastrochilus acaulis. There are many colour variants in Gastrochilus. Gastrochilus as illustrated by Sathish Kumar sir in the Memoirs of Seidenfaden (page 191) doesnt have fimbriate wing at the tip of epichile, infact there is no wing on the tip and central disc of epichile is kind of blunt at the apex. The pic he provided is dark in colour but as i said earlier colour varies. Zanhe (1996) in the Revision of Gastrochilus writes: Blade of the epichile acute at apex, sometimes with short hairs on both sides of cushion; hypochile with peg like projection at the bottom of the interior..... Gastrochilus acaulis Blade of the epichile widely emarginate at apex, without hairs on upper surface, lacking project at the bottom of interior ....... Gastrochilus flabelliformis Hope this helps. You can check if there is a peg like thing inside the spur if you still have the samples. I dont see any hairs on the upper surface of your flowers but blade of epichile looks acute at the apex (not really acute but ok)..... I think this is Gastrochilus acaulis (Lindl.) Kitze References: The Plant List Ver.1.1 WCSP IPNI e-monocot IOSPE PHOTOS SAHYADRIS JSTOR (Specimen) India Biodiversity Portal Kerala plants OrchidTalk Orchid Forum An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995- details) |
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