Appendicula flaccida (Schltr.) Schltr. 1912 SECTION Chaunodesme

Drawing by Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Full shade Warm Cool Spring EARLY Summer Fall

Common Name The Thin Inflorescence Appendicula

Flower Size

Found in New Guinea at elevations around 800 to 1200 meters as a warm to cool growing epiphyte that blooms in the spring and early summer and fall.

Schlechter states that this species flowers are yellow with red spots on the different shaped lip.

Synonyms Appendicula flaccida var. lobogyne Schltr. 1912; Lobogyne papuana Schltr. 1905; *Podochilus flaccidus Schltr. 1905

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912 drawing fide;

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