Corybas geminigibbus J.J.Sm. 1927

Another Aspect

Plant and Flower in situ Malaysia

Photos by David Kuehn ©

Full Shade CoolSummer

Common Name or Meaning The Twin Two-Humped Corybas

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in Malayisa, Vietnam and Borneo in lower montane forests at elevations around 1200 to 1900 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing terrestrial or lithophyte with an ovate, subulate-apiculate, green with white veins leaf that blooms in the summer on an erect, single flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Calcearia geminigibba (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing okish; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; LANKESTERIANA 20(1): 49–55. 2020 photo fide to Seidenfaden 1992

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