Operation Wildflower
  • Home
  • Albums
  • Links
    • Botanical Gardens
    • OWF Sites
    • Public Parks, Gardens and Reserves
    • Reference Sites
    • Private Parks, Gardens and Reserves
  • Information
    • About Us
    • Articles
    • Contact Us
    • Disclaimer
    • Glossary
    • Plant Records
      • Aloes
      • Bulbs
      • Climbers
      • Cycads
      • Euphorbias
      • Ferns
      • Grasses
      • Herbs
      • Orchids
      • Parasites
      • Shrubs
      • Succulents
      • Trees
    • Sources of Information
    • Subject Index
Home Home » GENERA P » Polystachya » Polystachya pubescens flowers
Back to Category Overview
Total images in all categories: 12,058
Total number of hits on all images: 7,353,523

Polystachya pubescens flowers

Polystachya pubescens flowers
Start View full size
[Please activate JavaScript in order to see the slideshow]
Previous Previous
Image 8 of 13  
Next Next
Image 10 of 13  
  • Polystachya mauritiana
  • Polystachya mauritiana flowers
  • Polystachya mauritiana leaves
  • Polystachya mauritiana panicle
  • Polystachya ottoniana
  • Polystachya ottoniana flowers
  • Polystachya ottoniana leaves
  • Polystachya pubescens
  • Polystachya pubescens flowers
  • Polystachya pubescens inflorescence
  • Polystachya transvaalensis
  • Polystachya transvaalensis flowers at night
  • Polystachya transvaalensis leaves

Image information

Description

The flower of Polystachya pubescens is non-resupinate, i.e. not twisted around; its lip presented at the top, as it had developed in the bud. The small lip is three-lobed and flat, 7 mm long; its tiny lateral lobes erect, up to 2 mm tall.

The deep yellow flowers open widely, much more so than those of P. ottoniana. Dull maroon lines are visible in picture upon the upper halves of the lateral sepals and the lip, the upper flower parts.

The sepals are oblong; the smaller, yellow, lateral petals below them obovate. Tiny pointed tips are conspicuous on all three sepals, including the yellow one pointing down, right at the bottom of every flower in picture.

Some of the plants have fragrant flowers, but not all. The pollination system of this species is not yet known (Liltved and Johnson, 2012; www.orchidspecies.com).

Hits
556
Photographer
Judd Kirkel
Author
Ivan Latti
 
Back to Category Overview
Powered by JoomGallery