Neobathiea hirtula H.Perrier 1938

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Common Name The Hairy Neobathiea [refers to the upper lobes of the lip being hairy]

Flower Size 1.4" [3.5 cm]

Found in northern Madagascar in humid woodlands and semi-deciduous forests as a small sized epiphytic orchid with a short stem carrying 4 to 8, oblanceolate, narrowing from near the apex to the base, acute, undulate margins, becoming conduplicate towards the clasping base leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on an erect, axillary, 5.2 to 8 " [13 to 20 cm] long, 3 to 5 flowered inflorescence with rigid floral bracts

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1938/81 drawing fide; Rudolph Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 16/17/18 945-1128 Brieger 1985 drawing fide; Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006 drawing fide; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007 photo fide; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009 photo fide

Neobathiea hirtula var. floribunda H.Perrier ex Hermans 2007

A robust form of the previous species and can grow to 12" [30 cm] tall, has larger leaves to 4.4" [11cm] long, and has larger flowers as well as blooming in the fall

Synonyms Neobathiea hirtula var. floribunda H.Perrier 1938;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1938/81; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #12 2017;

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