Pterostylis papuana Rolfe 1899 SECTION Pterostylis
Plant and Flower in situ New Guinea Photos © by Paul Noben
Plant and Flower Photos © by Dr. E.F. de Vogel, courtesy of André Schuiteman and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website
Common Name The Papua Pterostylis
Flower Size 2" [5 cm] tall
Found in the Moluccas, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in montane and subalpine forests at elevations of 750 to 3470 meters as a miniature to small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial [mostly] and occasional epiphyte high on mossy tree ferns with globose, dark brown, glabrous tubers giving rise to a basal rosette of ovate-oblong, subacute, abruptly narrowing below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, single flowered inflorescence with a lanceolate, acute, concave floral bract.
Synonyms Pterostylis braemii H.Mohr 1990; Pterostylis papuana var. seramica J.J.Sm. 1928
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of the High Mountains of New Guinea P. Van Royen 1979 photo good; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 41 pg 2565 - 2625 Brieger 2001 as P braemii; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; Flora Malesiana: Australian Orchid Review Vol 72 No 4 2007 photo; Orchids of New Guinea Vol 5 Schuiteman & D de Vogel 2008
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