Orchids of NigeriaThis text includes a description of 104 species with 195 photographs. It also contains a checklist of Nigerian orchids. |
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12 mm long 2.5 mm wide 5-6 mm long acuminate Ancistrorhynchus Ansellia apical Auxopus Barter basal bilobed at apex Bracts Broadly brown Bulbophyllum cm high cm long cm wide column curved Cyrtorchis densely Diaphananthe Disperis Distribution Dorsal sepal epiphyte Eulophia flattened fleshy Flowering stalk genera genus Graphorkis green with purple greenish ground orchid Habenaria Imo St Indistinctly trilobed inflorescence Kaduna St Keay FHI keels King Kränzl lanceolate Lanceolate-acuminate Lanceolate-obtuse Lateral sepals Leaves Lely Lindl linear Linear-acute many-flowered margins mauve Middle lobe mm long Narrowly lanceolate-acute Nervilia Nigeria Oblanceolate Obliquely Oblong-acute Oeceoclades operculum orchids ovary Ovate-acute Ovate-obtuse pale green pale yellow peduncle Petals plant Platycoryne plicate pollinium Polystachya pseudobulbs pubescent purple spots rain forest Rchb.f recurved reflexed Rendle Rhachis Rolfe savanna scented Schltr sheaths Side lobes Side lobes rounded slightly species Spur stem Stigmas Summerh Talbot tapering tepals terrestrial thickened triangular Tridactyle unequally bilobed yellowish green