DISTRIBUTIONThe species is known to have occurrence records in these countries.
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DESCRIPTION (from original published description)Vanilla raabii Ormerod & Cootes, sp. nov.
Type: Philippines, Luzon, Isabela Prov., San Mariano, Sierra Madre Mountains, Bo. Disulap, 150 m, 26 April 1961, H.G. Gutierrez 61-110 (=PNH 78082) (Holotype: A). A species philippinensium peniculus labello singularis (non bipulvinatis vel separatis) differt. Climbing, epiphytic herb. Roots terete, to 4 mm thick. Stem terete; internodes 7-13 cm long, 0.3-0.9 cm thick. Leaves obovate, elliptic, to ovate-elliptic with an attenuate base, acute to subacuminate, alternate, thinly fleshy, 19-33 cm long (including a subpetiolate base 1.0-2.5 cm long), 5.65-10.60 cm wide. Inflorescence axillary, lower part laxly flowered for 5.5-10.5 cm with 3 or 4 flowers, afterwards subdensely successively flowered, 17 cm long or more; lower subfoliose floral bracts ovate- elliptic, acute, fleshy, 2.8-5.0 cm long, 1.3-3.0 cm wide; upper floral bracts ovate-elliptic, acute, to 20 mm long, 6 mm wide but usually about 9 mm long, 3-4 mm wide. Flowers with greenish, yellowish-green or green sepals and petals, lip white with purple lines, reddish, with a pink throat, or whitish externally with dull purplish streaks inside, odourless to fragrant. Pedicellate ovary terete, 52 mm long; capsule subcylindric, floral segments persistent, to 9 cm long, 1.5 cm thick. Dorsal sepal obovate-oblanceolate, subacute, 13 veined, 43 mm long, 17 mm wide. Lateral sepals oblong-oblanceolate, subacute, 50 mm long, 16 mm wide. Petals oblong-subrhombic, acute, outside with a thickly carinate midvein, 45 mm long, 13 mm wide. Labellum ventricose, at base inside with 2 semicircular, discoid calli (or glands?), c. 35.5 mm long, joined to column for c.19.5 mm, 11-12 mm wide laterally where joined to column; free part broadly obovate, trilobed, margins entire, 16 mm long, 29 mm wide; midlobe subquadrate, emarginate, 8-9 mm long, 12 mm wide; processes on free part of lip arranged into a single dense elongate brush of fine subulate hairs. Column semiterete, suberect, 28 mm long. |