Chiloschista glandulosa Blatt. & McCann

Chiloschista glandulosa Blatt. & McCann, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 488 (1932).

Chiloschista glandulosa
Chiloschista glandulosa
Chiloschista glandulosa
Chiloschista glandulosa
Chiloschista glandulosa Blatt. & McCann, Photo by Mathew Jose Mathew

its native range is W. India.

Latinh Name: 

Chiloschista glandulosa Blatt. & McCann

Synonym Name:

No

English Name:

The Gland Carrying Chiloschista.

Description: 

Small leafless epiphytes, roots to 2 mm thick. Scape 5 cm long, narrowed to base, thickening upwards, glandular pubescent. Flowers 3 or 4, brownish yellow; bracts 2.5 x 2 mm, ovate, apiculate; dorsal sepal 5 x 2 mm, obovate-oblong, obtuse, 5-veined; lateral sepals 4 x 2.5 mm, oblong, subacute; petals 5 x 3 mm, ovate, acute; lip 3-lobed, lateral lobes 3 x 3, oblong acute; mid lobe 1.5 x 1.5 mm, ovate, acute.

Distribution:

India.

Ecological:

A miniature sized leafless epiphyte. Moist deciduous forests

Flowering times:

Blooms in the January-March

Flower size:

1 cm.

Cultivation:

Type:


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