Arachnis grandisepala J.J.Wood 1981 Photo by Toyo Hasiran Nyuukai©

Common Name or Meaning The Large Sepal Arachnis

Flower Size 4.5" [11 cm]

Found in north Borneo at elevations around 900 meters as a giant sized, monopodial, semi-pendulous, hot growing epiphyte with a semi-pendulous, elongate, branched, leafy stem carrying ligulate, unequally bilobed apically, articulated to the basal sheath, coriaceous leaves that blooms in the summer on an axillary, to 24" [60 cm] long, green, lax, 8 to 10 flowered inflorescence with 2 small pale brown scarious basal bracts and 2 remote, ovate, scarious bracts above as well as yellowish green, ovate, obtuse, scarious, persistent floral bracts.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Digest Vol 46 No 5 1982 photo hmm may be A longisepala; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994 photo ; The Orchids of Borneo Vol 2 Wood 1997 drawing/photo fide;

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