Species Information - Phreatia papuana

Phreatia papuana Ridl., J. Bot. 24 (1886) 327

Type: Forbes s.n. (Sogere) (holo BM)

Synonyms:

• Octarrhena papuana (Ridl.) P.F.Hunt, Kew Bull. 24 (1970) 95

Very small, with a distinct stem. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate, bilobed, with broad, striate sheaths, 5 by 0.45 cm. Inflorescences axillary, 2-3, slender, many-flowered, carrying flowers almost from the base to the top, 4-4.5 cm long, with large peduncle-scales. Flowers minute, resupinated. Floral bracts lanceolate, acute, as long as the pedicel. Sepals ovate; lateral sepals forming a mentum. Petals lanceolate, obtuse. Lip narrow, linear-lanceolate, subobtuse.
(After Ridley, 1886)

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