Malleola macranthera (Ridl.) Holttum 1947 Photo by © Kip Lambel and his Flickr Orchid Photo Website

Common Name The Large Anther Malleola

Flower Size .12" [3 mm]

Found in Thailand, Malaysia and Borneo in riverine forests at elevations of 200 to 300 meters as a miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with a short stem carrying 4 or so, rather thin, lanceolate, obtuse and slightly unequally bilobed apically leaves that blooms on an erect, 3.2 to 5" [8 to 12.5 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence

CAUTION I cannot be sure of this determination as the photo does not show enough detail to be sure.

Synonyms Abdominea macranthera (Ridl.) Carr 1932; Malleola altocarinata Holttum 1947; *Saccolabium macrantherum Ridl. 1926;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen lieferung 19/20 Schlechter/Brieger 1988 as M altocarinata; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing ok; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994 as M altocarinata;

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