Brachypeza unguiculata (Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit. 2014
Photos by © Karl Senghas and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Clawed Brachypeza
Flower Size
Found in Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, Sulawesi and the Philippines as a miniature to small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with a not usually branching stem carrying narrowly oblong, unequally biloed apically, the lobes obtuse leaves taht blooms on an axillary, peduncle somewhat longer than the rachis, rachis has flowers .16 to .2" [4 to 5 mm] apart, to [6.4" [16 cm] long] overall, successively several, many flowered inflorescence with ovate, concave, persistent floral bracts and carrying fragrant flowers.
Synonyms Aerides diurna Teijsm. & Binn. 1864; Phalaenopsis fugax Kraenzl. 1893; Phalaenopsis ruckeri W.Bull 1864; Phalaenopsis ruckeriana B.S.Williams 1887; Pteroceras phalaenopsis (Schltr.) Garay 1972; Pteroceras unguiculatum (Lindl.) H.A.Pedersen 1992; Sarcochilus aureus Hook.f. 1890; Sarcochilus phalaenopsis Schltr. 1911; *Sarcochilus unguiculatus Lindl. 1840; Thrixspermum aureum (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891; Thrixspermum unguiculatum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1868;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2002 as Pteroceras unguiculataum photos fide
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