Robiquetia aberrans (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit., Phytotaxa 161: 68 (2014

Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website > Partial shade HotWarm Fall

Common Name The Twig Guardian Malleola [refers to its epiphytic nature]

Flower Size

Found in Thailand, Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi and the Philippines on small trees alongside mountain creeks at elevations around 500 meters as a hot to warm growing epiphyte that blooms in the fall.

Schlechter states that the flowers are whitish with red veins and the spur is yellowish.

Synonyms Malleola aberrans (Schltr.) J.J.Sm. 1920

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden 1992 as M macranthera drawing good;

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