Corybas karoensis J.B.Comber & J.Dransf. 1995
Plants and flower in situ Photos by © J.B.Comber and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Karo Corybas [refers to an area of northern Sumatra]
Flower Size .92" [2.3 cm]
Found in Sumatra in montane forests at elevations of 1500 to 1600 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing terrestrial with an ovoid tuber giving rise to an erect, angled stem enveloped by a triangular, basal sheath and carrying a single, sessile, horizontal, ovate-cordate, apiculate, basal lobes rounded and almost surronding the stem, undulate margined, veins slightly raised, dull bluish-green with paler veins above, shiny glaucous, gray-green beneath leaf which is held well above the ground and blooms in the spring on a short, single flowered inflorescence with erect, transluscent floral bracts
Synonyms Calcearia karoensis (J.B.Comber & J.Dransf.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
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