!Rhinerrhizopsis moorei (Rchb.f.) Ormerod 2001

Plant and Flowers Photos by André Schuiteman, courtesy of Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulenand Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website

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Common Name Moore's Rhinerrhizopsis [Australian Collector] -

Flower Size 3/8 to 1" [10 to 25 mm]

Found in Irian Jaya to Papua and New Guinea, south to northern Queensland and east to the Solomon Islands as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte on large trees in coastal forests, rainforests, semi-deciduous forests, on beaches and savannah trees that occurs from sea level to 1000 meters with a flat stem sheathed by old leaf bases carrying 3 to 8, oblong, tinged pink or mauve, oblong, rigid, coriaceous leaves and blooms on an axillary, erect then towards the apex pendulous inflorescence that arises from the base of the leaves of the plant and has upwards of sixty, simultaneously, wide opening, fragrant flowers that last a day. Many orchid references to this species are Sarcochilus moorei from which it was removed in 1989. There are varieties in inflorescence types regionally, such as in PNG the inflorescence is descending with resupinate flowers, in the north there are plants that have erect inflorescence with nonresupinate flowers. There are also regional differences in the leaf types with some being bilobed, and others not and varying degrees in between.

Synonyms Pteroceras moorei (Rchb.f.) Bakh.f. 1963; Rhinerrhiza moorei (Rchb. f.) M.A. Clem., B.J. Wallace & D.L. Jones 1989; Rhinerrhizopsis beccarii (Rchb.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2006; Sarcochilus beccarii (Rchb.f.) F.Muell 1890; Sarcochilus englerianum Kraenzl. 1905; Sarcochilus moorei Rchb. f. 1880; Sarcochilus moorei (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1913; Sarcochilus papuanus Kraenzl. 1889; Sarcochilus solomonensis Rolfe 1908; Thrixspermum beccarii Rchb. f. 1881; *Thrixspermum moorei Rchb. f. 1880

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1914/85 as Sarcochilus moorei drawing good; The Orchids of Papua New Guinea An Introduction Millar 1978 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 22 1329 - 1392 Brieger 1989 as Sarcochilus moorei; The Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville Lewis & Cribb 1991 drawing/photo fide; Orchids of Papua New Guinea Millar 1999 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 44-45 pg 2763 - 2898 Brieger 2001 drawing fide; Flora Malesiana: Orchids of New Guinea Vol 5 Schuiteman & D de Vogel 2008

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