Hippeophyllum papillosum Schltr. 1911 Type Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Papillose Hippeophyllum

Flower Size

Found in New Guinea at elevations around 300 meters as a miniature to just small sized, hot growing epiphyte with a very long rhizome giving rise to a very short stem carrying 4 to 5, erect to erect-patent, subfalcate-ligulate, acute leaves that blooms in the fall on an elongate, peduncle thin, papillose, rachis with substellate puberulent papillae, 4.8" [12 cm] long, subdensely many flowered inflorescence with oval, obtuse, more or less longer than the ovary floral bracts.

Schlechter states that the flowers are green with a yellow lip.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1911 Drawing fide; Die Orchideen Band 3 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas Liferung #14 820 - 880 1984

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