Myrmechis philippinensiis Ames 1908

Another Angle

Habitat with flowers insitu Davao Province Philippines

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Common Name The Phillipine Myrmechis

Flower Size

Found in the Philippines at elevations of 500 to 800 meters as a erect to ascending, mini-miniature sized, warm growing terrestrial with ovate, gradually narrowing below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring on an erect, 1 to many flowered inflorescence oftens with pairs of flowers with bracteolate, fringed margin, dry membraneous bracts.

Synonyms Odontochilus marivelensis Ormerod & Cootes 2019

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Fascile 2 Ames 1908 drawing fide; Orchididiana Philippinana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984;

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