Stigmatodactylus javanicus Schltr. & J.J.Sm. 1905

Plant and Flower in situ Java Photos by © J.B Comber and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Drawing Drawing by © J J Smith and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Full shade Cool Fall

Common Name The Java Stigmatodactylus

Flower Size .5"[1.25 cm]

Found in Java at elevations around 1600 to 1700 meters as a mini-miniature to miniature sized, cold growing terrestrial with an erect, square in section, thin stem carrying a single,half way up the stem, heart-shaped, acuminate, sessile leaf and a similar leafy bract beneath each flower that blooms in the fall on an erect, 2 to 3 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Pantlingia javanica (Schltr. & J.J.Sm.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Sm. 1908 drawing fide; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 6 321 - 384 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1975; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo fide

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