Acriopsis javanica
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| Acriopsis javanica | |
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| Illustration of Acriopsis javanica by Lewis Roberts | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Acriopsis |
| Species: | A. javanica |
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| Acriopsis javanica | |
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Acriopsis javanica is a species of orchid that is native to Southeast Asia, New Guinea, some Pacific islands and northern Australia. It is a clump-forming epiphyte with dark green leaves and curved, branching flower stems with many white and cream-coloured flowers with purple markings.
Acriopsis javanica is an epiphyte with pseudobulbs 13–60 mm (0.51–2.36 in) long and 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) wide. Each pseudobulb has three or four linear leaves 50–320 mm (2.0–12.6 in) long and 3–20 mm (0.12–0.79 in) wide on a petiole 1.5–25 mm (0.059–0.984 in) long. From 12 to 300 white and cream-coloured flowers with purple markings are borne on each flowering stem, the stems 160–1,150 mm (6.3–45.3 in) long. The flowers are 8–14 mm (0.31–0.55 in) wide, 2–40 mm (0.079–1.575 in) apart on a pedicel 3–6.4 mm (0.12–0.25 in) long and have a three-lobed labellum. The dorsal sepal is 4.7–7.2 mm (0.19–0.28 in) long, 1–2.8 mm (0.039–0.110 in) wide and the lateral sepals are fused to form a synsepalum 4.5–7.2 mm (0.18–0.28 in) long and 1.4–3.2 mm (0.055–0.126 in) wide below the labellum. The petals are oblong to egg-shaped, 4.3–6.8 mm (0.17–0.27 in) long and 1.3–3 mm (0.051–0.118 in) wide. The labellum is 4.5 mm (0.2 in) long, about 4 mm (0.2 in) wide and has three lobes.[2]