Species Information - Phreatia falcata

Phreatia falcata Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9 (1916) 195

Type: Kloss s.n. (Camp 1, 700 ft.); (Camp 3, 2500 ft.) (syn BM)

Synonyms:

Plant very small, Stem very short 1 cm long, c. 5-leaved. Leaves oblanceolate, falcate, coriaceous, narrowed from the apex towards the base, 2.5 by 0.5 cm. Inflorescences axillary, slender, 5 cm long, with tubular peduncle scales; rachis 3 cm long, laxly many-flowered. Floral bracts short, lanceolate, ovate, cuspidate. Flowers small, 0.1 cm long. Median sepal ovate, obtuse. Lateral sepals much larger, ovate, rounded; mentum short. Petals smaller, lanceolate, obtuse. Lip with a broad saccate claw; blade broader, ovate, hastate, triangular, obtuse. Column short, broad. Anther ovate, rounded.
(After Ridley, 1916)

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