{"id":1235983,"date":"2019-07-30T06:29:42","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T06:29:42","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T11:42:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T06:12:42","slug":"crepidium-biauritum","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/crepidium-biauritum\/","title":{"rendered":"Crepidium biauritum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Crepidium<\/i> biauritum<\/i> (Lindl.) Szlach., Fragm. Florist. Geobot. Suppl. 3: 124 1995<\/i>. (syn: Crepidium<\/i> andamanicum<\/i> (King & Pantl.) Marg. & Szlach.<\/span><\/a>; Malaxis<\/i> andamanica<\/i> (King & Pantl.) N.P.Balakr. & Vasudeva Rao<\/span><\/a>; Malaxis<\/i> biaurita<\/i> (Lindl.) Kuntze<\/span><\/a>; Malaxis<\/i> brevicaulis<\/i> (Schltr.) S.Y.Hu<\/span><\/a>; Malaxis<\/i> sutepensis<\/i> (Rolfe ex Downie) Seidenf. & Smitinand<\/span><\/a>; Microstylis<\/i> andamanica<\/i> King & Pantl.<\/span><\/a>; Microstylis<\/i> biaurita<\/i> Lindl.<\/span><\/a>; Microstylis<\/i> brevicaulis<\/i> Schltr.<\/span><\/a>; Microstylis<\/i> sutepensis<\/i> Rolfe ex Downie<\/span><\/a>; Microstylis<\/i> thorelii<\/i> Finet<\/span><\/a>);<\/div>\n
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Plants terrestrial<\/span>. Stem cylindric, fleshy, with several nodes, \u00b1 enclosed in membranous sheaths. Leaves usually 3, ovate, oblong-ovate, or subelliptic, 5-10 \u00d7 1.8-5 mm, base contracted into a sheathlike, amplexicaul petiole 1.5-3.5 cm, apex acuminate. Inflorescence erect; peduncle 15-21 cm, wingless; rachis 7-9 cm, 20-30-flowered; floral bracts reflexed, narrowly lanceolate, 4.5-6 mm. Flowers purplish red to green, ca. 7 mm in diam.; pedicel and ovary 4-5 mm. Dorsal sepal suboblong or oblong-lanceolate, 6-6.5 \u00d7 1.5-2 mm, margin revolute, apex obtuse; lateral sepals narrowly oblong-ovate, ca. 5 \u00d7 1.5-2 mm, base oblique, apex obtuse. Petals narrowly linear, ca. 5.5 \u00d7 0.3 mm; lip superior, rhombic-elliptic in outline, 4-5.5 \u00d7 ca. 3 mm, base with a pair of auricles decurrent backward embracing column apex, unlobed, central part with 2 short lamellae, and between lamellae a longitudinal groove; auricles ovate or narrowly ovate, 2-3 mm.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim; Bhutan, China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Thailand
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Crepidium purpureum (Lindl.) Szlach.<\/span><\/a> : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6<\/span>)- around 400 kb each.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Location:\u00a0Suryabinayak, Nepal<\/span> \u00a0<\/span>
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Date: 29 July\u00a02018<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Elevation: 4700 ft.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Habit : Wild<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Syn: Malaxis purpurea<\/i> (Lindl.) Kuntze.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Very interesting colour. Yes this should be <\/span>Crepidium purpureum<\/i> (= <\/span>Malaxis purpurea<\/i>).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Biaurita<\/i> all of these<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This has been re-identified as\u00a0Crepidium biauritum<\/b><\/i> (Lindl.) Szlach. syn:\u00a0Malaxis biaurita<\/i> (Lindl.) Kuntze by …<\/div>\n
Request to update \u00a0in the efi page accordingly.
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This is Crepidium biaurita<\/i>.\u00a0Sorry for misidentification earlier.<\/p>\n

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SK1296 17 JUL 2018<\/span><\/a> : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (8)- around 500 kb each.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Location<\/span><\/span>:\u00a0\u00a0Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Date: 9 July 2018<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Altitude: 4000 ft.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Crepidium<\/i> ?? Malaxis<\/i> ??<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Looks like Crepidium purpureum<\/i> to me, with two lobes on the top of labellum.
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This is Crepidium biaurita<\/i>.
\nSorry for misidentification.<\/span><\/p>\n

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SK31JUL8-2016:ID<\/span><\/a> : 13 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)
\n<\/span>Malaxis josephiana<\/i> ??\u00a0 or <\/span>acuminata<\/i> ???<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Enclosing some pictures for\u00a0identification verification.<\/div>\n
Location : Nagarkot\u00a0 Nepal<\/span><\/div>\n
Altitude: \u00a06500ft.
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One more picture !<\/p>\n

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Crepidium purpureum<\/b><\/i> (Malaxis purpurea<\/i>).<\/p>\n

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Thank you for your efforts to ID the plant but some experts here say it us M. josephiana<\/i> ! The leaves and stems do not look like it matches with M. purpurea<\/i> because it has colored shades in the base ! I am still confused !<\/p>\n

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May I know which expert said it is josephianum<\/i>??? Crepidium josephianum<\/i> illustration is available in King and Pantling and it is so different that I want to make a new genus out of it, but It still stays within the limits of Crepidium<\/i> so I didnt bother.<\/div>\n
Please find a plate of josephianum<\/i> attached I am sure you will agree that your plant is atleast not josephianum<\/i>.<\/div>\n
I am sure it is purpureum<\/i> because I have been working on purpureum and acuminatum for one year now and I have images and illustrations from all over its distribution including the type locality in Sri Lanka.
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I just realised that my friend Bhakta did make some mistakes in his book on orchids of Nepal.<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact his images Malaxis biaurita, Malaxis josephiana, Malaxis khasiana, Malaxis acuminata<\/i> and Malaxis purpurea<\/i> are all same and all are Malaxis purpurea<\/i>.<\/span><\/div>\n
There has been a lot of confusion in this group which was started by Seidenfaden himself and it was carried forward by his followers. Sad but true.<\/div>\n
Here attached are images of three species. I am still trying to make out what is first one as I believe its a new species. Second one is Crepidium purpureum<\/i> and third one is Crepidium acuminatum.
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Thank you very much. Only confusion is stem base is purplish in Purpurea<\/i> whereas my sample is pure green ! By the way\u00a0 you are the expert and I am not.<\/p>\n

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Stem base colour has no taxonomic value sir. Infact Crepidium purpureum<\/i> can have yellow, orange or green coloured flower too. Originally from Sri Lanka the flowers were red hence named purpurea.
\n<\/span>Here is a flower pic from Sri Lanka (red) and Uttarakhand (yellow).
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Thank you indeed ! By the way I shall forward some old pictures of Malaxis<\/i> for further verification!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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SK2094 05 August 2019<\/a> : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7<\/span>)- around 600 kb each.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Location:\u00a0Gyaneswor, Kathmandu<\/span><\/span>
Date: 30 July 2019<\/span>
Elevation:\u00a0<\/span>1300<\/span>\u00a0m.<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Habitat : Wild
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Crepidium biauritum (Lindl.) Szlach.<\/a> : 8 posts by 3 authors. 5 images- 2 to 5 mb each.<\/div>\n
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Date: 20 July \u00a02020
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Yes this is\u00a0Crepidium biauritum<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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