Oeceoclades lavergneae J.-B.Castillon 2012

Flowers and Plant in situ Reunion Photos by © François Vandeschricke and The Orchidees de Reunion Website

LATEREARLY

Common Name Lavergne's Oeceoclades [French Orchid Enthusiast and Orchid discoverer current]

Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]

Found in western Reunion in semi dry forests as a miniature to medium sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial or lithophyte with psudobulbs carrying a coriaceous, narrowly elliptic, long acuminate, light green mottled dark green leaves that blooms in the later summer and early fall on an erect, 8" [20 cm] long, to 12 flowered inflorescence.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

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