Corybas solomonensis P.Royen 1983 Drawing By ©Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Common Name The Solomon Islands Corybas

Flower Size

Found in the Solomon Islands in lower montane forests in moss cushions at elevations around 780 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing terrestrial with an erect, .4 to .6" [1 to 1.5 cm] long, short stem carrying a single, ovate-cordate, acuminate, dull purple green above with purple veins, deep purple with light green veins beneath leaf that blooms on a sessile, single flowered inflorescence with a linear, acute, .24" [6 mm] long bract and carrying a flower with a purplish red dorsal sepal that is faintly striped whitish inside, white lateral sepals and a purplish red lip with a large mauve-cream patch inside.

Synonyms Calcearia solomonensis (P.Royen) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville Lewis & Cribb 1991 ;

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