Grosourdya muscosa (Rolfe) Garay 1972 Photo by © Seidenfaden

Plant and Flower Photo by André Schuiteman, courtesy of Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website

Common Name or Meaning The Fly-Like Grosourdya

Flower Size .4" [1 mm]

Found in Andaman Islands, Thailand, Malaysia and Sabah Borneo in lowland forests as a miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with a few, linear, acute, unequally bilobed apically leaves held in a loose fan that blooms on a 1/2 to 2" [1.5 to 5 cm] long, minutely hairy inflorescence with fleshy, acute, bracts and close set flowers.

Synonyms Pteroceras carrii (L.O.Williams) Holttum 1960; Sarcochilus carrii L.O.Williams 1937; Sarcochilus maculatus Carr 1929; *Sarcochilus muscosus Rolfe 1893

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995 as Sarcochilus muscosus; Opera Botanica #95 Seidenfaden 1988 drawing/photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 19/20 1129 - 1264 Brieger 1988 photo ok; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Wood & Seidenfaden 1992 drawing/photo fide; Orchids of Sarawak Beaman, Wood & Beaman etal 2001 photo fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo ok; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #8 2017 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #9 2017 photo fide;

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