Phreatia saccifera Schltr. 1905 SECTION Saccophreatia
Photos by © Art Vogel
TYPE Drawing Drawing by Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name or Meaning The Sack-Carrying Phreatia
Flower Size
Found in the New Guinea and the Bismark Archipelago at elevations around 600 to 1000 meters as a warm growing epiphyte that blooms in the winter and spring.
Schlechter states that the flowers are white.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 drawing fide;
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