Nephelaphyllum beccarii Schltr. 1911
Photo by © Robert and The RV Orchid Talk Website
Drawing by Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name Beccari's Nephelaphyllum [Italian Botanist late 1899's early 1900's]
Flower Size
Found in Sarawak Borneo in lowlands, hill forests on ridges and lower montane forests at elevations of 200 to 1200 meters as a hot to cool growing terrestrial that blooms in the spring on an erect, several flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Tainia beccarii (Schltr.) Gagnep. 1932
CAUTION I have no way of personally verifying this photo determination but the type drawing by Schlechter is absolutely correct.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Band 3 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas Liferung #14 820 - 880 1984; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids of Sarawak Beaman, Wood & Beaman etal 2001;
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