Dryadorchis minor Schltr. 1913Type Drawing by © Schlechter

Common Name The Least Dryadorchis

Flower Size

Found in New Guinea in forests at elevations around 1000 meters as a mini-miniature to miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with a filiform, glabrous stem carrying 3, falcate-ligulate, apiculate leaves that blooms in the springon a thick angled peduncle, rachis swollen, angled, somewhat shorter than the leaves, 1.2 to 4.4 cm] long, densely 2 to 5 flowered inflorescence with broadly triangular, obtuse floral bracts.

Schlechter states that the flowers are rose red, paler inside and with brown spots.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 Drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 19/20 1129 - 1264 Brieger 1988

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