Phaius reflexipetalus J.J.Wood & Shim 1994

Photo by © J.B.Comber and the The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Reflexed Petal Phaius

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found in northern Borneo in hill forests in deep humus amongst limestone boulders in deep shade often near rivers at elevations around 500 to 1100 meters as a medium sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with an erect, fleshy, simple, dark green stem enveloped by 4 to 5, tubular, acute to acuminate, scarious sheaths and carrying 3 to 4, elliptic, acuminate, plicate, narrowing below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the spring and fall on, usually 2, erect, 8.4 to 10.8" [21 to 27 cm] long, to 12 flowered inflroescence usuallly arising from the axils of the lower stem sheaths with 3, tubular, acute bracts and narrowly elliptic, acuminate, concave, deciduous floral bracts.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Beaman, Wood, Beaman & Beaman 1993 photo fide; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; *Orchids of Borneo Vol 1 Chan, Lamb, Shim & Wood 1994 drawing/photo fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 1 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011

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