Prev Taxon: Genus Oberonia section Scytoxiphium
Current Genus: Genus Octarrhena
Next Taxon: Genus Odontochilus
Octarrhena filiformis var. glabra
Octarrhena filiformis (L.O.Williams) P.Royen var. glabra P.Royen, Alp. Fl. New Guinea 2 (1979) 728
Type: LAE (Stevens) 54552 (holo CANB; iso L, LAE)
Synonyms:
Leaves 0.9-2.2 cm long, glabrous. Sepals 0.18-0.22 cm long. Petals 0.8-0.9 by 0.05-0.06 cm. (After van Royen, 1979)
Not recorded.
Epiphyte on dead stump in forest remnants in pyrogenic grassland, or on shrubs in swampy terrain; 2700-3200 m.
Malesia (New Guinea, endemic).
Papua New Guinea. See map
Cool growing epiphyte, requires light position.
May, June.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Podochileae
- Subtribe Thelasiinae
- Genus Octarrhena
- Species Octarrhena filiformis var. glabra
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Octarrhena filiformis var. glabra
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