Lagenandra undulata Sastry

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December 2010, T. Idei found Lagenandra undulata probably for the first time after its discovery in 1966 by A.R.K. Sastry at the foothills of the Himalayas. It is the smallest Lagenandra known.
Rapid in a tributary of the Subanseri river in Arunachal Pradesh, India.
photo Idei
L. undulata grows ephiphytic on the rocks togather with various mosses.
photo Idei
L. undulata grows half shaded at an altitude of ca. 1200 m.
photo Idei
The patches of L. undulata are always relative small and confined to the rapids.
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The leaves reach up to 20 cm.
coll. Idei AR-01A
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The rhizome cluster, top view.
coll. Idei AR-01A
photo Bastmeijer
idem, bottom view.
coll. Idei AR-01A
photo Bastmeijer
idem, side view.
coll. Idei AR-01A
photo Bastmeijer
       
A flowering cultivated plant. It grows slowly.
coll.: Idei AR-01 A; cult. B 1429
photo Bastmeijer
The spathe is greenish with a short twisted limb.
coll.: Idei AR-01 A; cult. B 1429
photo Bastmeijer
The rough, red inner side of the limb.
coll.: Idei AR-01 A; cult. B 1429
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Note the long peduncle.
coll.: Idei AR-01 A; cult. B 1429
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The leave blade is convolute rolled like Cryptocoryne! Unique in Lagenandra.
coll.: Idei AR-01 A; cult. B 1429
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Longitudinal section of the spathe. The spadix with the female flowers (bottom), the naked part, the male flowers and the appendix.
coll.: Idei AR-01 A; cult. B 1429
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The male flowers. Note that there is no collar or septum in the tube above..
coll.: Idei AR-01 A; cult. B 1429
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The female flowers with above the olfactory bodies.
coll.: Idei AR-01 A; cult. B 1429
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A young cultivated plant
coll.: Idei AR-01 A; cult. B 1429
photo Bastmeijer		 Herbarium sheet of L. undulata.
coll. Sastry 45489
herbarium WAG		 The original drawing in Sastry's article
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drawing Sastry		 Drawing in de Wit 1990
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drawing Ike Zewald
       

Literature:
Idei, T. 2012. Lagenandra undulata Sastry (Araceae) aus Arunachal Pradesh, Indien. Aqua Planta 37-1 : 10-18 (see Document service).
Sastry, A.R.K. 1967. Lagenandra undulata - a new species of Araceae. Bul. Bot. Survey of India 9(1-4): 294-296.
Wit, H.C.D. de, 1978. Revisie van het genus Lagenandra Dalzell (Araceae). Med. Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen 78-13.
Wit, H.C.D. de, 1990. Aquarienpflanzen, 2. Aufl. Ulmer Verlag Stuttgart.