Acriopsis inopinata Phoon & P.O'Byrne 2009

Photo by © David Kuehn

Plant and Flowers in situ Cameron Highlands Malaysia Photos by © David Kuehn

Inflorescence Photo by © Amos Tan and the Asiatic Green Website

Common Name The Unexpected Arciopsis [refers to the species being in an area that was well known and never described]

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in the Cameron Hills of Malaysia on tree branches in bright light at elevations around 1500 meters as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with clustered, conical, 3 to 4 internoded, smooth, yellowish green turning reddish purple with age pseudobulbs enveloped by ovate sheaths carrying 3 to 4, one from each internode, oblong, subcoriaceous, rounded apically leaves that blooms in the spring on an arching, terete, green, rachis branched, 5 to 6 branches, 11 to 11.6" [27.5 to 29 cm] long, to 34 flowered inflorescence with 3 to 4 basal, overlapping, sessile, ovate, papery, margin entire, acute, purple bracts and sessile, ovate, papery, margin entire, acute, purple floral bracts.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 4 2009 drawing/photo fide; Wild Wild Orchids of the Casmeron Highlands REACH 2009 as A densiflora photo fide; Wild Orchids of the Casmeron Highlands REACH 2009 as A ridleyi photo fide; Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide

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