Schoenorchis micrantha Reinw. ex Blume

Tangled flea orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Schoenorchis

Characteristics

Plants form small, tangled clumps with numerous thin roots. Stems curved and twisted, 30–150 mm long, thin, branching freely. Leaves numerous, linear, 3–6 × 0.25 mm, usually curved, thick, fleshy, deeply grooved, green or purplish. Racemes 10–30 mm long, stiffly decurved, 5–30-flowered. Flowers tubular to bell-shaped, c. 2 × 1.5 mm, white, densely crowded. Dorsal sepal c. 2 × 1 mm. Lateral sepals flanking labellum, c. 2 × 1 mm. Petals c. 1.8 × 1.7 mm. Labellum c. 2.5 × 1.5 mm, with short inflated spur; lateral lobes short, rounded to triangular, erect; midlobe short.
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Locally common; found growing in tangled clumps on mangroves and rainforest trees in brightly lit, humid situations.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

Schoenorchis micrantha unspecified picture

Distribution

Schoenorchis micrantha world distribution map, present in Australia, Fiji, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Viet Nam, Vanuatu, and Samoa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:152645-3
WFO ID wfo-0000306980
COL ID 79WDW
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INPN ID 447882
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Synonyms

Ascocentrum micranthum Saccolabium chionanthum Saccolabium perpusillum Saccolabium plebeium Schoenorchis densiflora Schoenorchis micrantha Gastrochilus chionanthus Gastrochilus perpusillus Schoenorchis densiflora var. abbreviata Schoenorchis plebeja