Seidenfadeniella filiformis

Seidenfadeniella filiformis (Rchb.f.) Christenson & Ormerod, Fl. Palni Hills 3: 1258 1999. (syn: Gastrochilus filiformis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Saccolabium chrysanthum Alston; Saccolabium filiforme Rchb.f.; Saccolabium filiforme Lindl.; Sarcanthus filiformis Wight [Illegitimate]; Schoenorchis chrysantha (Alston) Garay; Schoenorchis filiformis (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Seidenfadeniella chrysantha (Alston) C.S.Kumar);
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Pendulous epiphytes, to 30 cm long, stem woody, terete, green. Leaves 10-11, terete, linear, acute. Flowers orange-yellow, in 5-6 cm long, erect, dense axillary racemes; bracts 1.5 x 1.2 mm, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate; dorsal sepal oblong, acute, serrulate, 3-veined; lateral sepals falcately oblanceolate, 1-veined; petals orbicular or broadly elliptic-oblong, rounded, 3-veined; lip 7 x 1.5-4 mm, 3-lobed, lateral lobes rounded, orbicular; midlobe ovate, acute, papillate, deflexed; spur 5.5 x 1-2 mm, inflated, laterally compressed, rounded at base, thickened on backwall; column short and broad; foot 0; pollinia 2, entire.
Flowering and fruiting: May-September
Evergreen and shola forests
South India and Sri Lanka
(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal)             

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Seidenfadeniella filiformis (Rchb.f.) Christenson & Ormerod SN Oct 12 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)

Seidenfadeniella filiformis (Rchb.f.) Christenson & Ormerod (= Schoenorchis filiformis (Rchb.f.) Schltr.) is an epiphytic orchid from Kodaikanal area of Western Ghats, Tamilnadu

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Wow wonderful. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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Supplementary location details. Kindly read it as Mullaianagiri,1700 msl,Chikmagalur,Karnataka
Shola Forest

This plant was recently (in 2016) described as a new species Seidenfadeniella salimii however later (2019) it was merged under Seidenfadeniella filiformis. Somehow I think they are distinct from each other. Spur of filiforme is a bit shorter. But then how different is really different.

 

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References: The Plant List Ver.1.1 WCSP  IPNI  Kew  India Biodiversity Portal  Kerala Plants  Unibas