Apostasia latifolia Rolfe 1889 SECTION Adactylus Photo by © O'Byrne, Ong, Yong & Saw
Photos by © David Kuehn
Common Name The Wide Leaf Apostasia
Flower Size
Found in penninsular Malaysia in montane forests at elevations around 2000 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with elliptical, plicate, apically thread-like, narrowing below into the elongate, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the spring on a terminal, erect, bent downwards, 6.8" [17 cm] long, branched, each branch 2.8" [7 cm] long, several flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Adactylus latifolius (Rolfe) Rolfe 1896
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Of Malaysia Vol 1 Holttum 1953; Blumea 17: 333 de Vogel 1969 drawing ok; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide
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