Pomatocalpa setulense (Ridl.) Holttum 1947

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Common Name The Kampong Setul Pomatocalpa [An Area of penninsular Malaysia]

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

The pendant, green and maroon, racemose, 6.8" [17 cm] long, inflorescence of this Malaysian monopodial epiphyte produce many densely spaced small yellow flowers in late winter and spring from the lower leaf axils. The pendant growing plant has a short stem and 4 to 5, thick, undulate margins, rounded and unequally bilobed apically leaves and is best mounted on a slab because of the manner in which the flowers are presented. Cited as a synonym of Pomatocalpa spicatum but I will leave them separate pending more information.

Synonyms *Saccolabium setulense Ridl. 1911

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

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