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Phreatia petiolata var. eitapensis

Phreatia petiolata var. eitapensis

Phreatia petiolata Schltr. var. eitapensis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 929

Type: Schlechter 19992 (holo B, lost)

Differs from the typical variety in the slightly sinuate margins of the lip, and in the column being thicker towards the apex. (After Schlechter, 1911-1914)


Flowers white.

Epiphyte in lowland forest; 20 m.

Malesia (New Guinea).

Papua New Guinea. See map

distribution map

Warm growing epiphyte.

August.

  • Family Orchidaceae
  • Subfamily Epidendroideae
  • Tribe Podochileae
  • Subtribe Thelasiinae
  • Genus Phreatia
  • Section Rhizophyllum
  • Species Phreatia petiolata
  • Variety Phreatia petiolata eitapensis

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Phreatia petiolata var. eitapensis

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