Phreatia brevicaulis Schltr. 1913 SECTION Caulophreatia

Drawing by Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

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Common Name The Short Stemmed Phreatia

Flower Size

Found in New Guinea on trees in forests at elevations around 1300 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with a very, very short stem carrying spreading, linear, obtuse, falcate, narrowing below into the base leaves that blooms in the late fall and early winter on an erect, .6 to .8" [1.5 to 2 cm] long overall, as long to a little longer than the leaves, laxly 5 to 10 flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acuminate, a little shorter than the pedicel floral bracts.

Schlechter states that the flowers are white.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 drawing fide

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