Pomatocalpa latifolia [Lindley]J.J.Smith 1912

Plant and Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Nik Fahmi Vortex Orchid Pages

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Common Name The Broad-Leaf Pomatocalpa

Flower Size 1/3" [8mm]

Found in Malaysia, Sumatra and Java on coral rocks, strand vegetation, secondary forests and mixed dipterocarp forests at elevations of sea-level to 800 meters as a miniature to small sized, monopodial epiphyte, lithophyte or terrestrial in grasslands and scrub with stout stems carrying oblong, glossy, coriaceous, tough, shortly and unevenly bilobed apically leaves and blooms on an axillary, erect, terete, 6 to 16" [15 to 40 cm] long, racemose inflorescence with shortly triangular, acute, concave floral bracts.

Synonyms Cleisostoma cumingii Rchb.f. 1856; *Cleisostoma latifolium Lindl. 1840; Pomatocalpa diffusum Breda 1830; Saccolabium latifolium (Lindl.) Schltr. 1905; Sarcanthus cumingii (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm. 1912

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1964 drawing fide; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 21 1165 - 1328 Brieger 1988 Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 63 No 10 1994; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 200 photo ok

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