Saccolabiopsis microphyton (Schltr.) J.J.Sm. 1935Type Drawing by © Schlechter

Partial shade Hot Warm Fall EARLY Winter

Common Name The Small Leaved Saccolabiopsis

Flower Size

Found in the Bismarck archipelago on shrubs alongside mountain creeks at elevations around 300 to 700 meters as a hot to warm growing epiphyte that blooms in the fall and early winter.

Schlechter states that the flowers are greenish with a white lip.

Synonyms *Malleola microphyton Schltr. 1913; Saccolabium microphyton Schltr. 1905

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 Drawing fide;

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