Phaius tetragonus (Thouars) Rchb.f. 1855
Plant and Flowers in situ Reunion Photo by © François Vandeschricke and The Orchidees de Reunion Website
Common Name The Rectangular Phaius [refers to the pseduobulb]
Flower Size 3" [7.5 cm]
Found in Reunion as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with a fan of linear, acute leaves that blooms in the summer on a terminal, erect, several to many flowered inflorescence with flowers that never quite open.
Synonyms Broughtonia tetragona (Thouars) Spreng. 1826; *Epidendrum tetragonum Thouars 1822; Limodorum tetragonum (Thouars) A.Rich. 1828; Pesomeria tetragona (Thouars) Lindl. 1838
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Historie Particulier des Plantes Orchidees Recueilles Sur Trois Iles Australes d'Afrique Thouars 1822 as Epidednrum tetragonum drawing fide; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 15 881 - 944 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1984;
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