Erythrodes johorensis (P.O'Byrne) Ormerod 2002

Plant and Flowers

Photos by © Peter O'Byrne and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

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Common Name The Johore Erythrodes [A state of Malaysia]

Flower Size 1/2" [1.2 mm]

Found in southern Malaysia in secondary forests and in gullies along cliff faces at elevations of 400 to 500 meters as a large sized, [largest and most robust of the genus], hot growing terrestrial with a 12 to 16" [30 to 40 cm] long, stem carrying 8 or so, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the late summer and early fall on a terminal, erect, 12 to 20" [30 to 50 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Erythrodes latifolia var. johorense P.O'Byrne 1997

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide

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