Phreatia luzoniensis Rolfe ex Ames 1905
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Common Name or Meaning The Luzon Phreatia [refers to the Island within the Philippines that the species occurs]
Flower Size tiny
Found in the Philippines on Luzon island at elevations around 10 to 2000 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot to cold growing epiphyte with 2 ranked, linear, somewhat fleshy, nearly obtuse leaves that blooms at most any time of the year on an axillary, to 1.5" [3 cm] long, shorter than the leaves, slender, arching, densely many flowered inflorescence with the tiny, successively opening flowers held all towards the apex and has ovate-lanceolate floral bracts.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 1 Ames 1905; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Fascile 2 Ames 1908; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Vol 1 Quisumbing 1981; Orchidiana Philippiana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984
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