Species Information - Phreatia giluwensis

Phreatia giluwensis Ormerod, Malesian Orchid J. 13 (2014) 58, fig. 11

Type: R. Schodde 1892 (holo A, isotype BRI).

Synonyms:

Epiphytic herb. Roots terete, 0.04–0.09 cm thick. Stem erect, covered by leaf sheaths, rather densely foliose, 8–15 by 4–1.05 cm across the sheaths. Leaves linear-ligulate, 3–7 by 0.4–0.55 cm; apex obtuse to inequally obtuse, bilobulate. Inflorescence axillary, 9.5–16 cm long; peduncle rather laxly 5–7-sheathed, 4.5–6.6 cm long; sheaths 0.5–1.3 cm long; rachis rather laxly many-flowered, 5–9.4 cm long; floral bracts ovate-lanceolate, to 0.45 cm long; apex acute. Pedicel and ovary clavate, 0.25–0.375 cm long. Median sepal oblong-lanceolate, 0.2 by 0.12 cm; apex subacute. Lateral sepals obliquely ovate, 0.21 by 0.15 cm; apex obtuse to subacute. Petals obliquely oblong-elliptic, 0.18 by 0.095–0.1 cm; apex obtuse to subacute. Lip concave, suborbicular, c. 0.18 by 0.18 cm (including the claw); claw cuneate-subquadrate, 0.03 cm long, with 2 circular glands; apex obtuse; 3-nerved. Column stout, c. 0.08 cm long; anther cap conical, with retuse-emarginate apex, c. 0.075 by 0.08 cm; column foot short, c. 0.02 cm long.
(after Ormerod, 2014)

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