Thelymitra javanica Blume 1825 SUBGENUS Oxanthera
Plant and Flowers in situ Indonesia
Photos by © J B Comber and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Photo by © Gunung Butak
Common Name The Java Thelymitra
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in Java and the Philippines on sparsely vegetative mountain slopes in sparse or acidic soils at elevations of 1400 to 3000 meters as a small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with an erect stem carrying a single, linear, acute leaf that blooms in the fall on an erect, successively 2 to 18 flowered inflorescence.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J. Smith 1905; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 drawing fide; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Fascile 2 Ames 1908; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo fide;
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