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Acianthinae_species
Corybas gibbifer (Schltr.) Schltr.
Nomenclature
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Subgenus: CorybasSection: Gastrosiphon
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Synonyms: 2
- holotype: Schlechter 20272 (B (+))
SUMMARY
Plant: small, 2 - 3.3 cm high epiphyte.
Tuber: not known
Stem: not known
Cataphyll: not known
Leaves: suborbicular or broadly ovate, 12 - 20 by 8-18 mm, apiculate, base cordate.
Pedicel: very short or none.
Bract: lanceolate, about as long as ovary, subulate in apical part.
Ovary: cylindric, 4-5 mm long, glabrous.
Median sepal: sparkling pink, from a ligulate base becoming obovate-spathulate, 15 - 25 mm long, obtuse, hood dorsally slightly crested.
Lateral sepals: subulate, 3 - 5 mm long.
Lateral petals: linear, - 13 mm long, subulate in apical part.
Lip: from a tubular basal, ventrally inflated part abruptly curved downward and spreading into a suborbicular limb, shortly acuminate, margin serrate-ciliate, glabrous
Boss: obtuse
Spurs: conoid, subacute.
Capsule: not seen.
Type: Schlechter 20272 (B, + ).
Distribution: Torricelli Mountains
Ecology: In moss cushions on trees in montane rainforest
Elevation: 1000 m