Phreatia sublata N.Hallé 1977 Photo by © P Biviot and his The Picasa Web Album Website

Common Name or Meaning The Terete Phreatia

Flower Size

Found in central and southeastern New Caledonia in humid forests and wooded ravines at elevations of 300 to 900 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with 3 to 6, equitant, narrowly linear to terete, conduplicate, arched leaves that blooms in the fall and winter on 1 to 2, erect, axillary, 4" [10 cm] long overall, rachis 3" [7.5 cm] long, elongating, laxly many flowered inflorescence

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; * Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependences Vol 8 Orchidaceae Halle 1977 drawing fide;

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