Micropera fasciculata (Lindl.) Garay 1972 Photos courtesy of Peter O'Byrne, Dr. E.F. de Vogel, André Schuiteman, and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol IV

Common Name The Fasciculate Micropera

Flower Size

Found in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Australia in swamp forests and rainforests in eposed locations at elevations of 450 to 800 meters as a hot growing epiphyte that blooms in the spring and fall on an ereect, lax, scaley pubescent, apically fractiflex, few to several flowered inflorescence with triangular, obtuse floral bracts and has wide opening non-resupinate flowers.

Synonyms Camarotis copelandii (F.M.Bailey) J.J.Sm. 1912; Camarotis keffordii (F.M.Bailey) J.J.Sm. 1912; Camarotis papuana (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm. 1912; Cleisostoma keffordii F.M.Bailey 1884; Gastrochilus fasciculatus (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Saccolabium copelandii F.M.Bailey 1907; *Saccolabium fasciculatum Lindl. 1843; Sarcanthus papuanus J.J.Sm. 1910

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Lowland orchids of Papua New Guinea O'Byrne 1994; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol IV Shuiteman and de Vogel 2006