Megastylis gigas (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1911 Photo courtesy of ? Common Name The Gigantic Megastylis
Flower Size 3.2" [8 cm]
Found in New Caledonia and Vanuatu in rainforests at elevations of 100 to 200 meters as a small to giant sized, hot growing terrestrial with to eight, distichous from base, narrowly lanceolate, light green leaves that blooms in the spring and early summer on an erect, racemose, densely many flowered inflorescence with persistent, ovate bracts and carrying 6 to 30 fragrant flowers
Synonyms *Caladenia gigas Rchb. f. 1877
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Orchids of Vanuatu Lewis & Cribb 1989; Native Orchids of New Caledonia Societe Neo-Caledonnienne d'Orchidophilie 1995
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