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Phreatia teretifolia
Phreatia teretifolia (Gilli) Omerod, Checklist of Papuasian Orchids (2017) 387.
Type: Type: Gilli 461 (holo W)
Synonyms:
- Dendrochilum teretifolium Gilli, Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 84/B (1983) 31, fig. 21
- Octarrhena teretifolia (Gilli) W.Kittr., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 30 (1984, publ. 1985) 101
Stems narrowly cylindrical, arising from a branched rhizome, strongly curved, to 30 cm long, covered with sheaths. Leaves terete, linear, subobtuse, 4-7 by 0.1-0.2 cm, deciduous when dried. Inflorescences 4-8 cm long, many-flowered, thin, nodding. Floral bracts narrowly lanceolate, long acuminate, persistent, 0.1-0.3 cm long. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 0.2 cm long, patent. Petals 0.1 cm long, at the base narrower, orbicular. Lip similar to the petals. Column short, apex subtruncate or dentate. Ovary and pedicel very short, 0.2 cm long.
(After Gilli, 1983, as Dendrochilum teretifolium)
Flowers pale green.
Epiphyte in upper montane forest; 2950 m.
Malesia (New Guinea, endemic).
Papua New Guinea. See map
Probably cool growing epiphyte.
February.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Podochileae
- Subtribe Thelasiinae
- Genus Octarrhena
- Species Octarrhena teretifolia
Despite the name Octarrhena teretifolia, this species has leaves which are not terete but coriaceous; the margins are rolled up during the drying process.
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Phreatia teretifolia
Phreatia teretifolia (Gilli) Omerod, as Dendrochilum teretifolium Gilli, drawing A. Gilli in Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 84/B (1983) 31, fig. 21, based on Gilli 461 (holotype W)