Pomatocalpa decipiens (Lindl.) J.J.Sm. 1912
Photos by © Amrita Tripathy
Drawing by © M.D.Dassanayake & F.R.Fosberg and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Decieving Pomatocalpa
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh with a very short stem carrying linear, unequally bilobed apically, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the summer on an axillary, erect, elongating, several flowered inflorescence
Synonyms *Cleisostoma decipiens Lindl. 1844; Cleisostoma maculosum Thwaites 1861; Cleisostoma thwaitesianum Trimen 1885; Saccolabium decipiens (Lindl.) Alston 1931
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon Vol 2 Dassanayake & Fosberg 1981 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 21 1165 - 1328 Brieger 1988; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 drawing/photo fide; Orchids of Odisha Misra 2014 drawing fide
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
