Corybas comptus J.Dransf. & G.Sm 1986 Photo by © David Kuehn

Common Name The Adorned Corybas

Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]

Found in Penninsular Malaysia on moss carpets in ridge top upper montane forests at 1600 to 1950 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing terrestrial with a cordate, long-acuminate, flat, dull green, leaf with faint white reticulation leaf that blooms in the summer on an erect, short, single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Calcearia compta (J.Dransf. & G.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Orchids Holttum 1953; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide

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