Corybas selangorensis J.Dransf. & G.Sm. 1986

Plant and Flower in situ Malaysia Photos by © J.B Comber and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Full shade Cool Winter

Common Name The Selangor Corybas [A State of Malaysia]

Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]

Found in Selangor Malaysia in mossy, ridge top forests at elevations around 1300 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing terrestrial with a heart-shaped, more or less flat, dark green with very fine white veins and crystal bundles, acuminate leaf that blooms in the winter on an erect, single flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Calcearia selangorensis (J.Dransf. & G.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 fide; Wild Orchids of the Cameron Highlands REACH 2009 photo not????

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