Appendicula weberi Ames 1913 publ. 1914

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Common Name or Meaning Weber's Appendicula [American Collector of Tyoe species late 1800's] earl 1900's]

Flower Size .12" [3 mm]

Found in the Philippines at elevations of 400 to 700 meters as a small sized, hot to warm growing, erect to semi-pendulous epiphyte with slightly flattened, occasionally branching stems carrying oblong to elliptic, two-ranked, unequally bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the spring on a termional, pendulous, to 3.2" [8 cm] long, successively 1 to 2, many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, green floral bracts

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Vol 1 Quisumbing 1981;

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