Saccolabium longicaule J.J.Sm. 1920 Drawing by © J J Smith and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name or Meaning The Long Stem Saccolabium
Flower Size .16" [4 mm]
Found in Sumatra at elevations of 1450 to 1600 meters as a small to medium sized, cool growing epiphyte with a long and pendulous,apically upturned, branching stem carrying lanceolate, somewhat basally twisting, more or less bidentate, acute leaves that blooms on 1 to 3, from the same spot, peduncle .04" [1 mm] long, single flowered inflorescence carrying fleshy flowers that have the tepals transparently white, somewhat basally green, and transversely dotted purple on the inside, the lip is waxy white with some ochre
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 19/20 1129 - 1264 Brieger 1988; Orchids of Sumatra J B Comber 2001;
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