Appendicula jacobsonii J.J.Sm. 1932 SECTION Chromatodesme

TYPE Drawing by J J Smith

Common Name Jacobson's Appendicula

Flower Size .08 to .148" [2 to 3.7 mm] long

Found in western Sumatra without locational data as a small to just medium sized epiphyte with long, branching, flattened stems carrying spreading, oval-oblong, amost equally bilobed with a short point between the lobes, becoming smaller above leaves that blooms on both terminal and axillary, very short, .44 to .52" [1.1 to 1.3 cm] long including the flowers, few flowered inflorescence

J J Smith states that this species resembles A babiense but that species differs in the longer internodes, the much longer and broader leaves and a shorter mentum.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 12: 128 J J Smith 1932 drawing fide; REINWARDTIA Vol 1 Donk & Steenis 1950 drawing fide; Orchids of Sumatra J B Comber 2001

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