Agrostophyllum lampongense J.J.Sm. 1928 SECTION Agrostophyllum Comber
More A cyathiforme shaped flowers but still A lampongense
Photos by © Leicneagra and The Orchids of Sumatra Bogspot Website
Common Name or Meaning The Lampung Agrostophyllum [an area of southern Sumatra]
Flower Size .28" [7 mm]
Found in Sumatra as a medium sized epiphyte with clustered, short, flattened, apically swollen stems carrying about 5, oblong to strap-shaped, slightly unequally bilobed, shiny green leaves taht blooms on a terminal, capitate, many, short, two to three flowered inflorescence clustered together in a many flowered capitate corymb.
The flowers are very similar to Agrostophyllum cyathiforme but the plant which has a short, broad, flattened, few leaved stem distinguishes it readily. Agrostophyllum cyathiforme has thin pendent stems carrying many linear-acute leaves.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; Orchids of Sarawak Beaman, Wood, Beaman etal 2001 as A cf lampongense; Orchids of Sarawak Wood & Beeman etal 2001 as A cf lampongense
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