Phreatia laxa Schltr. 1905 SECTION Bulbophreatia Photo by © Dr. E.F. de Vogel, and André Schuiteman and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website

TYPE Drawing Drawing by Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Lax Phreatia [refers to the inflorescence]

Flower Size

Found in New Guinea in primary lower montane forests at elevations of 800 to 3100 meters as a miniature to small sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte with subglobose pseudobulbs enveloped by 1 to 2 leaf-like sheaths and carrying 1 to 2, apical, erect, linear, obtuse leaves that blooms in the fall and winter on an erect to erect-patent, curved, secund, 2" [5 cm] long, laxly 15 to 25 flowered racemose inflorescence.

Synonyms Phreatia laxa var. perlaxa Schltr. 1913

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913/85 drawing fide; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913/85 as Phreatia laxa var. perlaxa; Flora Malesia Orchids of New Guinea Vol V Shuiteman and de Vogel 2008

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