Agrostophyllum luzonense Ames & Quisumb. 1932 Photo by © Ron Parsons

Another Flower Photo by © Lourens Grobler

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Common Name or Meaning The Luzon Island Agrostophyllum

Flower Size

Found in the Philippines on tree trunks in montane forests at medium elevations as a small to medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with erect, terete, slender stems carrying in the upper portion, 2 ranked, basally twisted, linear leaves that blooms in the late summer and early fall on a terminal, successively many flowered, corymblike [1 to 2 cm], very short inflorescence with 1 to several open flowers at any one time.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Vol 1 Quisumbing 1981 drawing fide/ photo ok; Orchidiana Philippiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; Philippine Native Orchid Species Cootes 2011 photo fide to Ron's photo;

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