Peristylus stenodon (Rchb.f.) Kores 1989

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Common Name The Slim Tooth Peristylus

Flower Size

Found in Vanuatu at 30 to 200 meters as a medium sized, hot growing terrestrial with a rosette held well above the ground, of lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms on an erect, terminal, to 16" [40 cm] long, rachis to 10" [25 cm] long, 20 to 30 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms *Habenaria stenodon Rchb.f. 1876

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Vanuatu Lewis & Cribb 1989

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