Renanthera breviflora (Rchb.f.) R.Rice & J.J.Wood 2003
1st Photo by © Vincent Wanua and Vincent's Orchid Blog
Photo by © Gary Yong Gee and his Orchid Photo Website
Photo by © Peter O'Byrne and The Swiss Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Short Flowered Renanthera [refers to the few flowered infloresecence]
Flower Size 1.5" [4 cm]
Found in Sabah Borneo and Sulu Island of the Philippines in hill forests at elevations around 600 meters as a small to medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with an erect, terete stem carrying strap-shaped, unequally bilobed apically, basally clasping leaves that blooms on an axillary, arching branched, successively few flowered inflorescencce
Synonyms *Renanthera matutina var. breviflora Rchb.f 1879
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Borneo Vol 1 Chan, Lamb, Shim and Wood 1994 drawing fide as R matutina; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 1 2008 photo/drawing fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing/photo fide; Philippine Native Orchid Species Cootes 2011 photo fide
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