Microtatorchis javanica J.J.Sm. 1918

Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of Peter O'Byrne, Jaap Vermeulen, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and André Schuiteman and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website

Common Name or Meaning The Javanese Microtatorchis

Flower Size .1" [2.25mm]

Found in penninsular Malaysia, Java, New Guinea and Borneo in lower montane forests at elevations around 900 to 1100 meters as a miniature sized, hot to warm growing, twig epiphyte with a very short stem carrying 2 to 4, lanceolate, apiculate, sessile leaves that blooms in the winter and summer on a glabrous, angular, fractiflex, 6 to 8 flowered inflorescence with each flower arising from imbricate, persistent, triangular bracts

Synonyms Microtatorchis kaniensis Schltr. 1913

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Flora Malesiana; Orchids of New Guinea Vol IV Schuitman, deVogel 2006