Adenoncos parviflora Ridl. 1896

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Common Name The Small Flowered Adenoncos

Flower Size 1/4" [.7 cm]

Found in Thailand, Burma, penninsular Malaysia, Borneo and Sumatra in podosol, mixed dipterocarp, lower montane and hill forests at elevations of 300 to 1300 meters as a miniature to small sized, hot to warm growing, monopodial epiphyte with very fleshy, recurved, grooved above, terete leaves that blooms in the winter on a very short,axillary, to three from a node, single to 2 flowered inflorescence with fleshy flowers.

Synonyms Adenoncos adenoncoides (Ridl.) Garay 1972; Adenoncos vivax J.J.Sm. 1926; Saccolabium adenoncoides Ridl. 1910

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Field Guide To The Wild Orchids Of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; Orchids of Sumatra COmber 2002

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