Flickingeria stenoglossa (Gagnep.) Seidenf. 1980 SECTION Bilobulata

Another Angle Photos by © cxcahn and the RV Orchid Talk Website

Another Flower Photo by © Karel & Alex Petrzelka and the Vietnam Orchid Website

Common Name The Slim Lipped Flickingeria

Flower Size

Found in Vietnam as a miniature to small sized, cool growing epiphyte with 1" [2.5 cm] between each ovoid, truncate apically pseudobulb carrying a single apical, erect, linear, obtuse, gradually narrowing below into the base leaf that blooms on a terminal, short, single flowered inflorescence carrying a flower with a light sweet scent that can last up to a week.

CAUTION I have no way of personally verifying this determination so please use with caution

Synonyms *Dendrobium stenoglossum Gagnep. 1932; Desmotrichum stenoglossum (Gagnep.) Tang & F.T.Wang 1951; Ephemerantha stenoglossa (Gagnep.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. 1966

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Flickingeria Bind 34 NR 1 Seidenfaden 1980 drawing good; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994;

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