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Mediocalcar paradoxum (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1910 SECTION Eu-Mediocalcar Photo courtesy of André Schuiteman, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website

Common Name or Meaning The Paradoxical Mediocalcar

Flower Size

Found in the Moluccas, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Santa Cruz Islands, Fiji, Samoa, the Caroline Islands and Vanuatu as a miniature sized epiphyte.

Synonyms Cryptochilus bicolor (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm. 1903; *Eria paradoxa Kraenzl. 1898; Eria tunensis Kraenzl. 1911; Mediocalcar conicum J.J.Sm. 1912; Mediocalcar ericiflorum Schltr. 1922; Mediocalcar kaniense Schltr. 1911; Mediocalcar latifolium Schltr. 1911; Mediocalcar paradoxum subsp. latifolium (Schltr.) Schuit. 1997; Mediocalcar paradoxum subsp. paradoxum; Mediocalcar paradoxum subsp. robustum (Schltr.) Schuit. 1997; Mediocalcar ponapense Schltr. 1921; Mediocalcar selebicum J.J.Sm. 1933; Mediocalcar stenopetalum Schltr. 1911; Mediocalcar ternatense J.J.Sm. 1927

References W3 Tropicos [http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html], Kew Monocot list [http://www.kew.org/wcsp/home.do], IPNI [http://www.us.ipni.org/ipni/plantsearch?request_type=search&output_format=query&ret_defaults=on]; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1985;

Mediocalcar paradoxum subsp. latifolium (Schltr.) Schuit. 1997

Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol IV

Differs from the type with it's broader elliptic, bluish green leave and short fat, keeled pseudobulbs and found only in Papua New Guinea.