Species Information - Phreatia pulchella

Phreatia pulchella Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9 (1916) 197

Type: Kloss s.n. (Camp 3, 2500 ft.) (holo BM)

Synonyms:

Rhizome thin, slender. Pseudobulbs very small, cylindrical, often somewhat distant, 0.4 cm long, dilated at the base, narrowed above. Leaves linear, falcate, thin, obtuse, unequally bilobed, 3-7.5 cm long, 0.1-0.2 cm wide. Inflorescence lateral, slender, 4 cm long; peduncle c. 2 cm long, with 3-4 dilated, cuspidate scales. Flowers 7-20, distant, secund. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate. shorter than the flowers. Sepals ovate, obtuse. Lateral sepals broader, pustulate; mentum short, broad, rounded. Petals shorter, ovate. Lip with oblong saccate claw; blade ovate, reniform, hastate. Column rather large, longer than the foot, rather thick. Anther ovate, acute. Pedicel with ovary 0.1 cm long.
(After Ridley, 1916)

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