Pinalia polyura, or many-tailed pinalia, is a member of the orchid family endemic to the Philippines. It is semi-pendulous and sympodial, with pseudobulbs that are 20 cm long, 1 cm in diameter, and somewhat club shaped.[2] Each new growth begins halfway along the previous year's pseudobulbs, making the plant longer each year. Each pseudobulb has about 5 shiny, lanceolate leaves approximately 15 cm long and 2 cm wide. Inflorescences appear at the upper portion of the plant and are pendulous, about 10 cm long and bear up to 40 flowers each 1.5 cm in diameter. It grows as an epiphyte and sometimes as a semi-terrestrial plant at elevations to 2,400 meters.[3]
^Kuntze, O. (1892). Revisio generum plantarum:vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Vol. 2. Leipzig: Arthur Felix.
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pinalia, polyura, many, tailed, pinalia, member, orchid, family, endemic, philippines, semi, pendulous, sympodial, with, pseudobulbs, that, long, diameter, somewhat, club, shaped, each, growth, begins, halfway, along, previous, year, pseudobulbs, making, plant. Pinalia polyura or many tailed pinalia is a member of the orchid family endemic to the Philippines It is semi pendulous and sympodial with pseudobulbs that are 20 cm long 1 cm in diameter and somewhat club shaped 2 Each new growth begins halfway along the previous year s pseudobulbs making the plant longer each year Each pseudobulb has about 5 shiny lanceolate leaves approximately 15 cm long and 2 cm wide Inflorescences appear at the upper portion of the plant and are pendulous about 10 cm long and bear up to 40 flowers each 1 5 cm in diameter It grows as an epiphyte and sometimes as a semi terrestrial plant at elevations to 2 400 meters 3 Pinalia polyura Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Monocots Order Asparagales Family Orchidaceae Subfamily Epidendroideae Genus Pinalia Species P polyura Binomial name Pinalia polyura Lindl Kuntze Synonyms 1 Eria polyura Lindl Taxonomic history edit nbsp Illustration from Edwards s Botanical Register volume 28 NS 5 plate 32 1842 by Sarah Drake John Lindley named this species Eria polyura in 1841 in Edwards s Botanical Register 1 4 It was moved to the genus Pinalia in 1892 by Otto Kuntze 5 References edit a b World Checklist of Selected Plant Families The orchids of the Philippines J Cootes 2001 Orchidiana Philippiniana Vol1 Valmayor 1984 Lindley J 1841 114 Eria polyura Edwards s Botanical Register 27 55 Kuntze O 1892 Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum Vol 2 Leipzig Arthur Felix nbsp Media related to Pinalia polyura at Wikimedia Commons nbsp This Epidendroideae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pinalia polyura amp oldid 1011057581, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
